The first name Adélard

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About the first name Adélard

Meaning

The name Adélard traditionally means “noble and brave”.

Historical origin

The name Adélard comes from a Germanic name formed from adal “noble” and hard “strong, brave”.

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Adélard belongs to the broad heritage of medieval names carried from Europe to New France.

Pronunciation:adé-lardadel.aʁ

Frequency of the first name Adélard by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Adélard by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

4,016total mentions

Annual evolution of the first name AdélardLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Adélard in baptisms by year.1,00075050025001790182418581892192619601790–1794 4 baptisms1810–1814 16 baptisms1820–1824 12 baptisms1825–1829 4 baptisms1830–1834 12 baptisms1835–1839 12 baptisms1840–1844 16 baptisms1845–1849 20 baptisms1850–1854 32 baptisms1855–1859 132 baptisms1860–1864 280 baptisms1865–1869 456 baptisms1870–1874 516 baptisms1875–1879 468 baptisms1880–1884 472 baptisms1885–1889 452 baptisms1890–1894 360 baptisms1895–1899 296 baptisms1900–1904 144 baptisms1905–1909 112 baptisms1910–1914 56 baptisms1915–1919 40 baptisms1920–1924 28 baptisms1925–1929 48 baptisms1930–1934 20 baptisms1940–1944 4 baptisms1960–1964 4 baptisms

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