Adeline Forename
4,925th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 212,170 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Haiti
Adeline Forename Definition:
A female name. another derivative of Old German athal, ‘noble’, introduced into England by the Norman Conquest. It was common in the Middle Ages in the forms Adelin, Edelin (cf. surnames Adlin, Edlin). A sub-tenant in Domesday Book is Adelina joculatrix.
Read More About This ForenameAdeline Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 53,617 | 1:1,377 | 257 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 23,306 | 1:927 | 174 |
| France | 100% | 22,545 | 1:2,948 | 326 |
| United States | 100% | 19,424 | 1:18,664 | 1,578 |
| Haiti | 100% | 18,586 | 1:577 | 81 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 9,976 | 1:2,369 | 561 |
| Chad | 100% | 7,538 | 1:1,804 | 238 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 7,493 | 1:1,518 | 320 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 5,618 | 1:3,272 | 456 |
| Benin | 100% | 4,712 | 1:2,244 | 495 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 4,309 | 1:5,355 | 615 |
| Philippines | 99% | 3,295 | 1:32,173 | 2,773 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 2,917 | 1:10,439 | 1,186 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,697 | 1:10,006 | 975 |
| South Africa | 100% | 2,405 | 1:22,675 | 3,022 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 2,126 | 1:83,520 | 5,019 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,014 | 1:5,705 | 808 |
| Tanzania | 94% | 1,811 | 1:29,149 | 2,594 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,565 | 1:136,892 | 6,879 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,420 | 1:23,333 | 2,010 |
| England | 100% | 1,261 | 1:44,094 | 2,174 |
| Singapore | 100% | 1,120 | 1:5,613 | 1,013 |
| Togo | - | 1,071 | 1:6,759 | 1,050 |
| Germany | 100% | 905 | 1:106,826 | 2,202 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 871 | 1:296,170 | 25,858 |
| Mali | 100% | 718 | 1:23,646 | 1,603 |
| Congo | 100% | 585 | 1:8,563 | 1,147 |
| Kenya | 100% | 549 | 1:84,348 | 4,761 |
| Senegal | 100% | 525 | 1:27,774 | 1,462 |
| Jamaica | - | 486 | 1:5,933 | 865 |
| Romania | 100% | 458 | 1:43,782 | 2,602 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 456 | 1:18,012 | 1,346 |
| Zimbabwe | 97% | 446 | 1:34,583 | 3,327 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 416 | 1:40,630 | 2,997 |
| Gabon | 100% | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Scotland | 100% | 346 | 1:15,463 | 860 |
| India | 100% | 260 | 1:4,672,608 | 183,005 |
| Australia | - | 235 | 1:58,118 | 2,600 |
| Egypt | 100% | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Thailand | 100% | 190 | 1:368,767 | 19,307 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 182 | 1:1,484 | 320 |
| Guinea | 100% | 178 | 1:66,622 | 1,874 |
| Brunei | - | 156 | 1:2,690 | 278 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 154 | 1:67,736 | 4,074 |
| Namibia | - | 145 | 1:16,581 | 1,623 |
| China | - | 113 | 1:12,088,989 | 59,794 |
| French Polynesia | - | 113 | 1:2,459 | 522 |
| Morocco | - | 109 | 1:315,125 | 6,796 |
| New Zealand | - | 98 | 1:46,286 | 2,604 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 88 | 1:20,945 | 991 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 86 | 1:6,559 | 633 |
| Liberia | 100% | 82 | 1:53,806 | 2,792 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 82 | 1:87,219 | 7,256 |
| Ireland | 100% | 81 | 1:57,327 | 1,771 |
| Israel | 100% | 81 | 1:103,740 | 4,433 |
| Mexico | 100% | 76 | 1:1,633,479 | 10,627 |
| Wales | 100% | 75 | 1:41,257 | 1,579 |
| Hong Kong | - | 72 | 1:107,677 | 2,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 66 | 1:123,520 | 10,981 |
| Spain | 100% | 58 | 1:802,241 | 7,895 |
| Kuwait | - | 57 | 1:66,408 | 5,422 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 54 | 1:134,015 | 2,789 |
| Sweden | 100% | 54 | 1:182,554 | 6,536 |
| Italy | 100% | 53 | 1:1,152,115 | 9,622 |
| Suriname | 100% | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 49 | 1:485,096 | 27,727 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 48 | 1:28,363 | 3,040 |
| Uganda | 94% | 43 | 1:952,487 | 16,908 |
| Zambia | - | 39 | 1:406,533 | 10,319 |
| Barbados | - | 36 | 1:8,050 | 966 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| Qatar | 100% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 30 | 1:3,658 | 648 |
| Kosovo | - | 29 | 1:64,188 | 4,324 |
| Albania | 100% | 28 | 1:108,806 | 7,321 |
| Guyana | 100% | 28 | 1:27,259 | 3,059 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 28 | 1:6,351 | 1,010 |
| Austria | 100% | 27 | 1:315,341 | 3,671 |
| Botswana | 100% | 26 | 1:84,017 | 7,219 |
| Norway | 100% | 26 | 1:197,397 | 4,991 |
| Burundi | 50% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Peru | 100% | 25 | 1:1,271,658 | 15,483 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 22 | 1:255,799 | 4,758 |
| Belize | 100% | 20 | 1:17,715 | 2,114 |
| Denmark | - | 18 | 1:313,861 | 5,872 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 17 | 1:1,776,582 | 32,368 |
| Finland | 94% | 16 | 1:342,699 | 4,640 |
| Jersey | - | 15 | 1:6,665 | 705 |
| Russia | 100% | 15 | 1:9,615,580 | 37,191 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 15 | 1:7,439 | 1,138 |
| Colombia | 100% | 14 | 1:3,412,780 | 22,545 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 14 | 1:145,714 | 11,276 |
| Czechia | 100% | 12 | 1:888,014 | 3,257 |
| Chile | 100% | 11 | 1:1,600,655 | 12,027 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 11 | 1:3,155 | 669 |
| Mauritius | - | 10 | 1:129,778 | 3,502 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Poland | - | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 8 | 1:3,906 | 755 |
| Panama | - | 8 | 1:488,320 | 13,543 |
| Grenada | 100% | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| South Korea | - | 6 | 1:924,070 | 17,138 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Japan | - | 5 | 1:25,597,211 | 50,433 |
| Bahrain | - | 4 | 1:337,168 | 4,986 |
| Central African Republic | - | 4 | 1:1,128,848 | 698 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Malawi | 100% | 4 | 1:4,278,078 | 13,569 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 3 | 1:1,770,021 | 5,487 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greece | 100% | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Adéline (85), Adèline (6) & Adeliné (1) are calculated separately.
Adeline (19,179) may also be a surname.
Adeline Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. another derivative of Old German athal, ‘noble’, introduced into England by the Norman Conquest. It was common in the Middle Ages in the forms Adelin, Edelin (cf. surnames Adlin, Edlin). A sub-tenant in Domesday Book is Adelina joculatrix. Lyford, 1655, gives Adelia as a f. christian name, but it must have been very uncommon at that date. Adeline, like Adelaide and Adela, came back into favour in the 1 9th C. See also Aline.
Adelina joculatrix Domesday Book 1086. Adelin Curia Regis Rolls 1201-3. Adelina, Edelina Curia Regis Rolls 1210-12. Edelina Curia Regis Rolls 1213-15.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Which apparently does mean ‘noble snake.’ Adeline is now much more frequently heard than Adelina.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
ADELINA. Diminutives of Adela.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Teutonic (feminine) - Noble wife.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Teutonic (feminine) - Noble maiden.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Teutonic name, meaning: Of noble manner or lineage.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Adeline Forename Popularity
Adeline Demographics
Adeline Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 262 (1901)
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Phonetically Similar Names
Adeline Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Adeline in the Russian language | ||
| Адэлинэ | adeline | - |
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