Surname Spotlight: Adolph

Families named Adolph carry a German surname with a long history. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “descendant of Adolf or Athalwolf (noble, wolf)”.

• Like many surnames, it grew out of a personal name.
• Smith also lists Adolf, Adolfson and Adolphson.
• Adolph ranked 15,600 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,874 people answering to the name. French birth records list 239 children named Adolph between 1891 and 2000.

Family crest and blazon

If an Adolph family bore arms, our report explains whose they were and what the blazon shows. For the full story, order the Adolph surname pack.