Adlers Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Adlers belongs to the Adler family of names, which has German roots. The family name meaning is “Eagle”, the same as for Adler. The extra ending in Adlers is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Adler's family. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written.

The same family of names includes Adeler and Adelaar.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Adlers, so the heraldry linked to Adler is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Adlers surname pack.