Adeline (given name)

{{Infobox Given Name Revised|origin=German|meaning="Noble"|variant forms=Adaline, Adalyn, Adalynn, Adelyn, Adalene, Adeleine, Adilynn, Adelynn, Adelin|nickname=Addie, Addi, Addy, Lynn|related names=Ada, Alina, Zélie, Adele, Adelina|image=Adeline, Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre 1858.png|image_size=200|caption=''Adeline'', Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre, the second wife of James Brudenell; a British noble.}}

'''Adeline''' is a feminine given name meaning 'noble' or 'nobility'; it is of German origin and derived from Old High German ''adal'' "noble".<ref>{{Cite web | title = ▷ Vorname Adeline: Herkunft, Bedeutung & Namenstag | url = https://www.vorname.com/name,Adeline.html | access-date = 2023-02-11 | website = vorname.com | language = de }}</ref> The root lives on in the New High German words ''Adel'' "nobility," ''edel'' "noble," and ''adelig'' "noble." It is related to the given name Adèle.<ref name="Hanks Hardcastle Hodges 2006">{{cite book | last1 = Hanks | first1 = Patrick | authorlink = Patrick Hanks | last2 = Hardcastle | first2 = Kate | last3 = Hodges | first3 = Flavia | title = A Dictionary of First Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | series = Oxford paperback reference | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-19-861060-1 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC&pg=PT45 | access-date = 2018-11-19 | page = 45 }}</ref> Adeline was introduced to England by the Normans in the 11th century and was very common in the Middle Ages.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://nameberry.com/babyname/adeline | title = Adeline | website = Nameberry | access-date = 2022-12-22 }}</ref> Its variants include Adelin, Adelina, Adaline, Adalyn, Adalynn, Adelyn, Adalene, Adeleine, Aada, Ada, Alina, Aline, Adelita and Alita, Zélie.

Notable people with the name include:

* Adeline Pond Adams (1859–1948), American writer and wife of Herbert Adams * Adeline, Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre (1825–1915), wife of James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan * Adeline André, French fashion designer and the head of one of the ten ''haute couture'' design houses in Paris * Adeline Bourne (1873–1965), Anglo-Indian actress, suffragette, and charity worker * Adeline Canac (born 1990), French pair skater, currently skating with Yannick Bonheur * Adeline Chapman (1847–1931), English campaigner for women's suffrage * Adeline Genée DBE (1878–1970), Danish/British ballet dancer * Adeline Geo-Karis (1918–2008), Republican politician and a member of the Illinois Senate for the 31st District * Adeline Hazan (born 1956), French politician, MEP for the east of France, and mayor of Reims since March 2008 * Adeline Kerrar (1924–1995), infielder and catcher, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1944 * Adeline Knapp (1860–1909), American journalist, author, social activist, environmentalist, and educator * Adeline Masquelier (born 1960), Associate professor of anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana * Adeline McKinlay, American tennis player of the end of the 19th century * Adeline Miller, alias Adeline Furman, American madam and prostitute * Adeline Rittershaus (1876–1924), philologist, a scholar in Old Scandinavian literature, and champion for the equality of women * Frances Adeline "Fanny" Seward (1844–1866), daughter of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward * Frances Adeline Seward (1805–1865), born in 1805, the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller * Louise Adeline Weitzel (1862–1934), German-American writer * Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906), American poet and writer of books for girls * Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), British modernist author * Adeline Wuillème (born 1975), French foil fencer who competed in three Olympic games * Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese-American author and physician * Adeline Zachert (1876–1965), Russian-born American librarian * Lisa Adeline Mainiero, American writer and management professor

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