Adolphus

Latin Adolphus. Doublet of Adolph.

Adolphus

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized variant of Adolph.
   • 1906, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara: Act III:

     Would any man named Adolphus - any man called Dolly! - object to being called something else?

   • 1986, Buchi Emecheta, Head Above Water. An Autobiography. p.11:

     Sometimes as a child I used to wonder why my brother was called after the man whose very name we were later taught to fear. But then who knows what goes on inside the minds of ambitious, proud Ibo fathers? As most Ibo boys born around that time were called Adolphus after the German leader, Adol is still a fairly common name among the Ibos of Nigeria.

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Latinization of Germanic.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈdol.pʰus/, [äˈd̪ɔɫ̪pʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈdol.fus/, [äˈd̪ɔlfus]

Adolphus m sg (genitive Adolphī); second declension

1. a male given name, Adolphus, from the Germanic languages, latinization of Adolph

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• English: Adolphus