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{{Other uses|Adler (disambiguation)}}
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'''Adler''' is a surname of [[German language|German]] and [[Yiddish]] origin meaning ''eagle'',<ref name="Hanks 2003">{{cite book |last=Hanks |first=P. |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |issue=v. 3 |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA10 |access-date=7 September 2018 |page=10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/religion/126091/|title=The origins and meaning of Ashkenazic last names|last=Currents|first=Jewish|date=2014-01-14|website=Jewish Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eoN1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63&q=yiddish%20surname%20adler|title=Kanade, di Goldene Medine?: Perspectives on Canadian-Jewish Literature and Culture / Perspectives sur la littérature et la culture juives canadiennes|date=2018-10-25|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-37941-1|language=en}}</ref> and has a frequency in the United Kingdom of less than 0.004%, and of 0.008% in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/adler |title=Adler Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 25 January 2014</ref>
'''Adler''' is a surname of [[German language|German]] origin meaning ''[[eagle]].''<ref name="Hanks 2003">{{cite book |last=Hanks |first=P. |title=Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |issue=v. 3 |year=2003 |isbn=978-0-19-508137-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG7MZ9J6dAgC&pg=PA10 |access-date=7 September 2018 |page=10}}</ref> and has a frequency in the United Kingdom of less than 0.004%, and of 0.008% in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/adler |title=Adler Distribution |publisher=forebears.co.uk}} Retrieved 25 January 2014</ref>
In Christian [[iconography]], the [[eagle]] is the symbol of [[Four Evangelists#Evangelists' symbols|John the Evangelist]], and as such a stylized eagle was commonly used as a house sign/totem in German speaking areas. From the tenement the term easily moved to its inhabitants, particularly to those having only one name. This phenomenon can be easily seen in German and Austrian censuses from the 16th and 17th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=adler |title=Adler Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=ancestry.co.uk}} Retrieved 25 January 2014</ref> The term might have been assigned also as a name descriptive of character or outward characteristics. It is also a common Jewish surname among the [[Ashkenazi Jews|Ashkenazi]] community, where it may have derived from a reference to Psalm 103:5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/religion/126091/|title=The origins and meaning of Ashkenazic last names|last=Currents|first=Jewish|date=2014-01-14|website=Jewish Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-06}}</ref> Many notable people with the surname Adler are of Jewish origin, such as [[Alfred Adler]]. Adler is also sometimes used to denote the Jewish origins of fictional characters, such as in [[Mordecai Richler|Mordechai Richler]]'s ''[[Son of a Smaller Hero]]''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eoN1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA63&q=yiddish%20surname%20adler|title=Kanade, di Goldene Medine?: Perspectives on Canadian-Jewish Literature and Culture / Perspectives sur la littérature et la culture juives canadiennes|date=2018-10-25|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-37941-1|language=en}}</ref>
In Christian [[iconography]], the [[eagle]] is the symbol of [[Four Evangelists#Evangelists' symbols|John the Evangelist]], and as such a stylized eagle was commonly used as a house sign/totem in German speaking areas. From the tenement the term easily moved to its inhabitants, particularly to those having only one name. This phenomenon can be easily seen in German and Austrian censuses from the 16th and 17th centuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=adler |title=Adler Surname Meaning and Distribution |publisher=ancestry.co.uk}} Retrieved 25 January 2014</ref>


== Notable Adlers ==
== Notable Adlers ==

Revision as of 22:52, 27 May 2022

For other uses, see Adler (disambiguation).

Adler is a surname of German origin meaning eagle.[1] and has a frequency in the United Kingdom of less than 0.004%, and of 0.008% in the United States.[2] In Christian iconography, the eagle is the symbol of John the Evangelist, and as such a stylized eagle was commonly used as a house sign/totem in German speaking areas. From the tenement the term easily moved to its inhabitants, particularly to those having only one name. This phenomenon can be easily seen in German and Austrian censuses from the 16th and 17th centuries.[3]

Notable Adlers

Actors, writers and producers

Engineers and scientists

Musicians

  • Chris Adler (born 1972), drummer of the metal band "Lamb of God"
  • Cisco Adler, the artist featured in all songs of the artist Shwayze
  • Guido Adler (1855–1941), Bohemian-Austrian musicologist and writer on music
  • Hans G. Adler (1904–1979), South African pianist, musicologist, and antique keyboard instrument collector
  • Henry Adler, American drum kit educator, player and actor
  • Hugo Chaim Adler (1896–1955), Belgian composer, cantor, and choir conductor
  • James Adler (born 1950), Composer and pianist from Chicago, Illinois
  • Julia Rebekka Adler (born 1978), German violist.
  • Larry Adler (1914–2001), American musician, widely acknowledged as one of the world's most skilled harmonica players
  • Richard Adler (1921–2012), Jewish-American lyricist, composer and producer of several Broadway shows
  • Samuel Adler (born 1928), Jewish-American composer and conductor
  • Steven Adler (born 1965), a drummer for the hard rock band Guns N' Roses
  • Vincent Adler, Hungarian pianist, composer
  • Willie Adler (born 1976), guitarist of the metal band Lamb of God

Conductors

  • Frederick Charles Adler (1889–1959), London-born conductor known as "F. Charles Adler"
  • Kurt Adler (1907–1977), Austrian-American conductor, Metropolitan Opera Chorus Master(1943–1973)
  • Kurt Herbert Adler (1905–1988), Vienna-born American conductor, San Francisco Opera general director (1953–1981)
  • Peter Herman Adler (1899–1990), Czech-born American conductor, director of NBC Opera Theatre (1950–1964)

Politicians

Rabbis and theologians

Athletes

Others

Fictional characters

References

  1. ^ Hanks, P. (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names: 3-Volume Set. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-19-508137-4. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Adler Distribution". forebears.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
  3. ^ "Adler Surname Meaning and Distribution". ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2014
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