What is "adye"

Adye is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

• John Adye (born 1939), British cryptographer
• John Miller Adye (1819–1900), British Army general and artist
• Stephen Payne Adye (c. 1740 – 1794), English Royal Artillery officer
• Adye Douglas (1815–1906), Australian lawyer, politician and cricketer