Adiel
m.
Hebrew עדיאל 'ornament of God'
The name of a handful of obsure Old Testament characters. Wycliffite Bible (1395): Adiel. Geneva Bible (1560): Adiél.
This name came into use in England in the second half of the 16th C.
- England
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- Early Modern English
- ● 1593 Adiel StAnthonlin p. 36
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Adiel". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2016/3/name/Adiel.