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
Alfred Adler (1870–1937), Austrian doctor and psychotherapist
Samantha Adler, arms dealer in the novel series Son Altesse Sérénissime
Scott Adler, a fictional character featured in the Tom Clancy
Jack Ryan universe novels. Adler is a career U.S. Department of State employee who rises throughout the series, eventually becoming Secretary of State.
Vincent Adler, antagonist behind the first two seasons of White Collar
Wilhelm Adler, main character in Saul Bellow's novella Seize the Day
This page lists people with the
surnameAdler. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.
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
Alfred Adler (1870–1937), Austrian doctor and psychotherapist
Samantha Adler, arms dealer in the novel series Son Altesse Sérénissime
Scott Adler, a fictional character featured in the Tom Clancy
Jack Ryan universe novels. Adler is a career U.S. Department of State employee who rises throughout the series, eventually becoming Secretary of State.
Vincent Adler, antagonist behind the first two seasons of White Collar
Wilhelm Adler, main character in Saul Bellow's novella Seize the Day
This page lists people with the
surnameAdler. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.