Adolphus
Adolphus is a male given name and family name .
Origin and meaning
Adolphus is a Latinized variant of the name Adolf (see there for the etymology).
Well-known namesake
First name
- Adolphus Alsbrook (1912–1988), American musician
- Adolphus Frederick, 1st Duke of Cambridge (1774–1850), 1st Duke of Cambridge, British Field Marshal
- Adolphus Busch (1839–1913), German-American brewery owner
- Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868–1927), 1st Marquess of Cambridge, member of the British royal family, last Duke of Teck in the kingdom
- Adolphus Peter Elkin (1891–1979), Australian clergyman, ethnologist, anthropologist and linguist
- Adolphus Greely (1844–1935), American polar explorer and officer
- Adolphus Warburton Moore (1841–1887), British civil servant and mountaineer
Middle name
- John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870), American admiral
- Gustavus Adolphus Henry (1804–1880), American politician
- Charles Adolphus Murray (1841–1907), 7th Earl of Dunmore, Scottish nobleman
family name
- John Adolphus (1768–1845) English historian
- John Leycester Adolphus (1795–1862), English lawyer and author; Son of John Adolphus
- Irving Milton Adolphus (1913–1988), American pianist and composer
See also
- Adelphus
- Adolphus, Kentucky , American Parish
- Adolphus colliery