Adolf Coat of Arms, Crest and Name Facts

Adolf and Adolph are two spellings with one history. Read literally, Adolf points to “Descendant of Adolf or Athalwolf (noble, wolf)”. Adolf writes “f” in place of the “ph” found in Adolph, a common scribal difference.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Adolf surname had 830 bearers. It sits within the 50,000 most common last names in the country. French civil records give 485 births under the name Adolf from 1891 to 2000, peaking in 1991–2000. Births ran at 15 in 1891–1900 and 80 in 1991–2000.

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