Fun Facts About the Name Adolin
- 56 babies named Adolin: U.S. records list 56 babies given the name Adolin from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adolin Mean?
Adolin has no widely accepted etymology. It is a rare given name, and its ending -lin occurs in many names of unrelated origin, so that element alone cannot supply a meaning. Its use in fantasy fiction has made it familiar but does not give it a documented translation.
Adolin Name History & Origins
The name is best known from Adolin Kholin in Brandon Sanderson's Stormlight Archive, a fantasy series that began with The Way of Kings in 2010. In the novels Adolin is a masculine Alethi name. That literary use is a modern association, not evidence for an older linguistic derivation.
How Popular is the Name Adolin?
Adolin has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #6,813 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,813 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #7,741 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #8,934 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #8,312 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #7,104 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2020 | #10,623 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Adolin Shapes Your Personality and Life?
Powerful and complete. You are good intellectually and require several outlets for your energies. You are not a builder but a planner, and you want others to carry out your plans. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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