Save Gender Feminine Usage Yiddish (Anglicized) Scripts אָדל, אָדעל(Yiddish) Pronounced Pron. OO-dəl [key] Meaning & History Either from the German Adel meaning "noble" or from Hodel a diminutive of Hudes. Udel (1720-1787), the righteous daughter of the Ba'al Shem Tov, was a historical bearer of this name.