Adelaide |
| Pronunciation | /ˈædɪleɪd/ |
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| Gender | Female |
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| Language | English |
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| Name day | December 16 |
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| Origin |
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| Word/name | Old High German |
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| Meaning | nobility |
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| Region of origin | World wide |
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| Other names |
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| Alternative spelling | Adelaide |
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| Nicknames | Addie, Della, Aida, Lainey, Adele, Delly, Leda, Adela, and Aley |
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| Related names | Addie, Addy, Adi, Adelheid, Adel, Heidi, Adelle, Adèle, Adela,Adelina,Adeline, Adolat,Alice,Alida, Alison,Ethel,Zélie,Alix |
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| Popularity | seepopular names |
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Adelaide is a feminine given name from the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High GermanAdalheidis, meaning "noble natured".
The modern German form isAdelheid, famously the first name ofQueen Adelaide, for whom many places throughout the former British Empire were named.
The French form is Adélaïde or Adélaide, and Czech is Adéla orAdléta. The name Addie is a diminutive of Adelaide andHeidi is a nickname for Adelheid, which became internationally popular on its own as a result ofJohanna Spyri's novelHeidi (1880).
People with the name
[edit]- Adelaide Steele Baylor (1860–1935), American educator and school administrator
- Adelaide George Bennett (1848–1911), American poet and botanist
- Adelaide Avery Claflin (1846–1931), American woman suffragist and ordained minister
- Adelaide Clemens (born 1989), Australian actress
- Adélaïde Dufrénoy (1765–1825), French poet and painter
- Adelaide Dutcher (fl. 1901), American physician and public health worker
- Adelaide Easley (1902–1974), American physicist
- Adelaida Ferré Gomis (1881–1955), historian, teacher, and folklorist of Catalan lace-making
- Adelaide Fischer (1889–c.1950), American soprano singer
- Adelaide Hall (disambiguation) (many people)
- Adelaide Hawkins (1914–2008), American cryptologist
- Adelaide Hoodless (1858–1910), Canadian educational reformer
- Adelaide Kane (born 1990), Australian actress
- Adelaide Knight (1871–1950), British suffragette
- Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803), French history and portrait painter
- Adélaïde Leroux (born 1982), French actress
- Adelaide Miethke (1881–1962), Australian educator
- Adelaide Neri (1940–2018), Brazilian teacher and politician
- Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864), English poet and philanthropist
- Adelaide Day Rollston (1854–1941), American poet and author
- Adelaide Thompson Spurgeon (c.1826–1907), American Civil War nurse
- Adelaide Cilley Waldron (1843–1909), American author, editor, clubwoman
- Adelaide Wallerstein (1869–1942), American translator, medical doctor, lawyer and clubwoman
- Mary Adelaide Dickey (1884–1960), American vaudeville performer known as 'La Petite Adelaide'
- T. Adelaide Goodno (1858–1931), American social reformer
Fictional characters with the name
[edit]- Adelaide, a character on the television seriesOver the Garden Wall
- Miss Adelaide, a character in the musicalGuys and Dolls
- Adelaide Brubaker, a character on the television seriesDiff'rent Strokes
- Adelaide "Addy" Wilson, a character on the television seriesGimme a Break!
- Adelaide "Addy" Wilson,née Thomas, a character in the 2019 movieUs
- Adelaide Brooke, base commander inDoctor Who episode "The Waters of Mars"
- Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, a character in the Disney movieThe Aristocats[2]
- Adelaide Chang, the younger sister of Sid Chang inThe Casagrandes
- Aunt Adelaide, a character from the 2005 movieNanny McPhee
- Adelaide "Ada-1" Meyrin, an Exo gunsmith and head of the Black Armory inDestiny 2
- Adelheid, a character from the 2015 movie “Heidi”
- Adelaide "Addy" Muchmore, a character fromTaffy, the granddaughter of Mrs. Muchmore
- Adelaid Adams, the exalted singer and performer inCalamity Jane
- Adelaide Prentiss, inKaren McManus'sOne of Us Is Lying
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