Adolphe
Adolphe is a male name .
Origin and meaning
Adolphe is the French variant of the name Adolf . See there for etymology.
Well-known namesake
First name
- Adolphe Adam (1803-1856), French composer
- Adolphe Appia (1862–1928), Swiss architect
- Adolphe Appian (1819–1898), French landscape painter
- Adolphe d'Archiac (1802–1868), French mathematician
- Adolphe Basler (1876–1951), Polish-French author, art critic and gallery owner
- Adolphe Biarent (1871–1916), Belgian composer and conductor
- Adolphe Blanc (1828–1885), French composer
- Adolphe Jérôme Blanqui (1798–1854), French economist
- Adolphe Blind (1862–1925), Swiss magician and collector of magical literature
- Adolphe Bousquet (1899–1972) French rugby union player
- Adolphe Braun (1812–1877), French textile designer and photographer
- Adolphe Brongniart (1801–1876), French botanist and phytopalaeontologist
- Adolphe Caille (1862-1888), American inventor
- Adolphe Chatin (1813–1901), French botanist and physician
- Adolphe Clément (1855–1928), French engineer, inventor, industrialist
- Adolphe Crémieux (1796–1880), lawyer, politician and journalist
- Adolphe Dallemagne (1811–1878), French painter
- Adolphe Danhauser (1835–1896), French composer and music teacher
- Adolphe Dechamps (1807-1875), Belgian statesman
- Adolphe Delattre (1805-1854), French ornithologist
- Adolphe Deloffre (1817–1876), French conductor and violinist
- Adolphe Deslandres (1840–1911), French composer and organist
- Adolphe Engers (1884–1945), Dutch actor
- Adolphe d'Ennery (1811–1899), French playwright
- Adolphe Franck (1809-1893), French lawyer and philosopher
- Adolphe Ganot (1804-1887), French physicist
- Adolphe Granier de Cassagnac (1806–1880), French publicist
- Adolphe Guillaumat (1863–1940), French general during the First World War, then Supreme Commander of the Allied occupation forces in Germany
- Adolphe Joanne (1813–1881), French writer
- Adolphe Jordan (1845–1900), Swiss politician (FDP)
- Adolphe Kégresse (1879–1943), French engineer and designer
- Adolphe Claire Le Carpentier (1809–1869), French music teacher and composer
- Adolphe Le Flô (1804–1887), French general and politician
- Adolphe Lechtenberg (* 1952), German painter and draftsman
- Adolphe Low (1915–2012), German interbrigadist in the Spanish Civil War and resistance fighter of the Resistance
- Adolphe Menjou (1890–1963), American actor
- Adolphe Messimy (1869–1935), French statesman and politician
- Adolphe de Meyer (1868–1946), French painter and photographer
- Adolphe Millot (1857-1921), French painter
- Adolphe Monod (1802-1856), revival preacher
- Adolphe Muzito (* 1957), Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Adolphe Niel (1802–1869), French general and statesman, Marshal of France
- Adolphe Noël des Vergers (1805–1867), French orientalist and archaeologist
- Adolphe Pégoud (1889–1915), French aviation pioneer
- Adolphe Perraud (1828–1906), French bishop
- Adolphe Pictet (1799–1875), Swiss linguist
- Adolphe Pinard (1844–1934), French obstetrician
- Adolphe Prins (1845-1919), Belgian legal scholar and sociologist
- Adolphe Quételet (1796–1874), Belgian astronomer and statistician
- Adolphe Rome (1889–1971), Belgian historian of science
- Adolphe Samuel (1824–1898), Belgian composer, conductor and music teacher
- Adolphe Sax (1814–1894), Belgian instrument maker, developer of the saxophone and musician
- Adolphe van Soust de Borckenfeldt (1824–1877), Belgian poet and art historian
- Adolphe Stoclet (1871–1949), Belgian engineer and financier
- Adolphe Stoeber (1810-1892), Alsatian Protestant pastor and German-speaking author
- Adolphe Tabarant (1863–1950), French journalist and art historian
- Adolphe Tanquerey (1854–1932), Catholic priest
- Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877), French statesman and historian
- Adolphe Yvon (1817-1893), French painter
Intermediate name
- William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905), French painter
- Marie Adolphe Carnot (1839–1920), French chemist, mining engineer and politician
- Louis Adolphe Coerne (1870–1922), American composer
- Pascal Adolphe Dagnan-Bouveret (1852–1929), French painter
- Jean-Félix Adolphe Gambart (1800–1836), French astronomer
- Louis Maurice Adolphe Linant de Bellefonds (1799–1883), French explorer and engineer
- Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun (1816–1889), French geographer and cartographer
- Antoine Adolphe Marcelin Marbot (1781–1844), French general
- Édouard Adolphe Mortier (1768–1835), Marshal of France
- Raymond Adolphe Séré de Rivières (1815–1895), French fortress builder
- Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (1926–1997), French-Jewish banker
- Gustave Adolphe Thuret (1817–1875), French botanist and algologist
- Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884), French chemist
Double name
- Adolphe-Philippe Caron (1843–1908), Canadian politician
- Léon-Adolphe Amette (1850–1920), French clergyman, archbishop of Paris and cardinal
- Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau (1840–1898), politician
- Adolphe-Napoléon Didron (1806–1867), French archaeologist
- André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (1819–1889), French photographer and inventor
- Adolphe-Maria Gustave Hardy (1920–2011), French clergyman, Bishop of Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis
- Adolphe-André Porée (1848–1939), French historian
family name
- Francis Adolphe (* 1960), French politician
- Monique Adolphe (* 1932), French biologist and chemist
Other meanings
Adolphe is the title of a novel by Benjamin Constant from 1816.