Adeline

Where Adeline comes from

From Old French Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans.
— Wiktionary's entry for Adeline
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #208 among girls — 54 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1991
    Adeline Gray born
    American wrestler
  3. 1995
    Adeline Rudolph born
    Hong Kong-British actress
  4. 2024
    Peak, #58
    3,737 babies named Adeline — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2024
    The comeback
    Back to #58 after sinking to #3,095 in 1976.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Adeline Gray · American wrestler, born 1991
  • Adeline Rudolph · Hong Kong-British actress, born 1995
  • Adeline Baud-Mugnier · French alpine skier, born 1992
  • Adeline Sarah Ames · American mycologist, 1879–1976
  • Adeline Boutain · French photographer and postcard publisher, 1862–1946

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.