Adeline

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Adeline name meaning and origin

What does Adeline mean?

"Noble"

Adeline name origins:

French and Germanic

Adeline means "noble" or "nobility." It's a variation of the French name Adele, which derives from the Germanic word adal, meaning "noble." Other names with the same root include Adelaide, Adelia, and Adelie.

Adeline has ranked in the top 1,000 girls' names in the United States since at least 1880 – when the Social Security Administration started keeping track. More recently, it's been in the top 100 most popular names for girls, peaking at No. 63 in 2016. The name doesn't rank for boys.

Sources:

Hanks P., et al. 2016. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press. https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001/acref-9780198610601-e-29?rskey=omQzn4&result=61

U.S. Social Security Administration. Undated. Popular Baby Names. https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/

Popularity over time

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Adeline in pop culture

Name	Description
"Sweet Adeline"	1903 song written by Richard Husch Gerard and Harry Armstrong
"Adeline"	2017 song by the British indie rock group alt-J

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Famous people named Adeline

Name	Description
Adeline Andre	French fashion designer and head of the haute couture fashion house bearing her name
Adeline Chapman	English women's suffrage activist
Adeline Genee	Danish-British ballet dancer
Adeline Kerrar	Former professional baseball player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Adeline Knapp	American journalist and social activist
Adeline Rudolph	Hong Kong-born actress best known for her role in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Adeline Gray	American professional wrestler and two-time Olympian
Adeline Pach	Indian TikTok star
Adeline Virginia Woolf	English author and essayist best known for her novels Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse and her essay A Room of One's Own
Adeline Yen Mah	Chinese American author and physician best known for her autobiography Falling Leaves

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