Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Adaly f. Uncertain. Possibly related to Alice or Adeline.

Our sole example of the name, from SDHK no. 10938, contains a footnote indicating that the SDHK editors have not previously come across this name, and that it may be a derivative of either Adeliza or Adhelin, Swedish forms of Alice and Adeline, respectively.

Sweden
Old Swedish
1377 Adaly (nom) SDHK no. 10938
Cite as: S.L. Uckelman. "Adaly". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Adaly.