# Adela (given name)

Adela (also spelled Adéla or Adella) is a female given name, the latinate form of Adele, meaning 'noble' or 'serene'.
Adela is also a male name in Ethiopia, which means 'favours'. It is also a feminine name in Arabic (عدله).
Notable people named Adela include:

## Saints

* Adela of Pfalzel (660-c. 735), saint and founder of convent of Pfalzel
* Adela of France (1009–1079), saint, Duchess of Normandy, and Countess of Flanders
* Adela of Normandy (1062 or 1067–1137), saint, daughter of William I of England
* Adela, mother of Saint Trudo

## Pre-modern world

* Adela of Champagne (c. 1140–1206), Queen of France as the third wife of King Louis VII, later regent for her son
* Adela of Flanders (c. 1064–1115), Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Canute IV and Duchess of Apulia
* Adela of France (1009–1063), Duchess of Normandy and Countess of Flanders
* Adela of Hamaland (952–after 1021), sovereign Countess of Hamaland in the Netherlands
* Adela of Meissen (died 1181), Danish Queen consort, spouse of King Sweyn III of Denmark
* Adela of Milan (c. 975–after 1012), Margravine of Milan by marriage
* Adela of Normandy (1062 or 1067–1137), daughter of William I of England and sister of Henry I of England
* Adela of Pfalzel (660-c. 735), saint and founder of convent of Pfalzel
* Adela of Ponthieu (c. 1110 – 1174), Countess of Surrey

## Modern world

* Adéla (singer) (born 2003), Slovak singer-songwriter and dancer
* Lady Adela (1847–1924), Kurdish ruler of the Jaff tribe
* Adella Brown Bailey (1860–1937), American politician and suffragist
* Adéla Bruns (born 1987), Czech sports shooter
* Adéla Cernousek (born 2003), French golfer
* Adela Coit (1863–1932), German women's suffragist
* Adella Colvin, American yarn dyer
* Adela Cortina (born 1947), Spanish philosopher
* Adela Garcia (born 1971), Dominican IFBB Pro Fitness competitor
* Adéla Hanzlíčková (born 1994), Czech freestyle wrestler
* Adela Helić (born 1990), Serbian volleyball player
* Adéla Holubová (born 2002), Czech mountain biker
* Adella Hunt Logan (1863–1915), American writer, educator and suffragist
* Adéla Lehovcová (born 1991), Czech field hockey player
* Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), American pianist
* Adela Jušić (born 1982), visual artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Adela Micha (born 1963), Mexican journalist
* Adela Milčinović (1878–1968), Croatian feminist author, critic and suffragette
* Adela Navarro Bello (born 1968), Mexican journalist
* Adela Neffa (1922–2019), Uruguayan-born Argentine sculptor
* Adela Noriega (born 1969), Mexican actress
* Adéla Matasová (born 1940), Czech sculptor
* Adéla Odehnalová (born 1990), Czech former football defender
* Adella Kean Zametkin (1863–1931), American writer and activist
* Adela Pankhurst (1885–1961), British-Australian political activist
* Adella M. Parker (1870–1956), American suffragist and politician
* Adela Peña, American violinist
* Adéla Pivoňková, Czech former football midfielder
* Adela Popescu (born 1986), Romanian actress and singer
* Adella Prentiss Hughes (1869–1950), American pianist and impresario
* Adela Raz (born 1986), Afghan politician
* Adéla Šapovalivová (born 2006), Czech ice hockey player
* Adela Sequeyro (1901–1992), Mexican journalist, actress, filmmaker and screenwriter'
* Adéla Škrdlová (born 2001), Czech ice hockey player
* Adéla Stříšková (born 2000), Czech handball player
* Adela Rogers St. Johns (1894–1988), American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter
* Adela Świątek (1945–2019), Polish mathematician
* Adella Turner (1856–1938), American activist
* Adela Verne (1877–1952), English pianist
* Adela Vinczeová (born 1980), Slovak television presenter
* Adella Wotherspoon (1903–2004), American, youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster
* Adela Xenopol (1861–1939), Romanian feminist and writer