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Dictionary of Medieval Names
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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; (1587): Adiel. Sagradas Escrituras (1569): Adiel.

This name came into use in England in the second half of the 16th C.

England
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 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Adiel.