German: from a short form of any of a number of personal names
beginning with Old High German adal ‘noble’. Compare
Edel.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from
Adel ‘nobility’.Muslim: from a personal name based
on Arabic adil ‘just’, ‘legally competent (as a witness)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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