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Meaning & History
French form of Ado 3, which was originally a short form of Germanic names beginning with the element adal meaning "noble". Adon de Vienne (known as Ado of Vienne in English) was archbishop of Vienne in Lotharingia from 850 until his death and is venerated as a saint. It coincides with the Hebrew epithet for God אָדוֹן ('adon) meaning "lord".