65%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Germanic [1] Meaning & History Derived from the Old German elements adal "noble" and bern "bear". Related Names Rootsadal + bern People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class strong refined strange complex serious Categories animals, bears, nobility Sources & References Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 162.