The name Adel is a proud symbol of ancient Jewish culture. Before the late Middle Ages, people were known only by a single name. However, as the population increased and travelers set out on their journeys, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves. Jewish hereditary surnames were adopted from a variety of different sources. Numerous Jewish surnames are ornamental surnames, which are names that have an ornamental value and are not necessarily related to the localities, occupations, nicknames or given names of the first person who used the name. However, ornamental names were often derived from elements that described locations or features of geography, animals and birds, occupations or personal names. The surname Adel is an Ashkenazic Jewish ornamental name, which comes from the Yiddish word eydl, and the German word, edel, which means noble.
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Adel migration to the United States
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Adel Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
Johan Adam Adel, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1730 1
Contemporary Notables of the name Adel (post 1700)
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Allister Adel (1976-2022), American 29th County Attorney for Maricopa County, Arizona, from 2019 to 2022, the first woman to hold the position
Frank F. Adel (1884-1967), American politician, Member of New York State Senate 2nd District, 1919; Justice of New York Supreme Court, 1932-54 2
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
