Adelaide
[ˈædəleɪd]Meaning
means "nobleness, nobility", from the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis
Background Story
Adelaide comes from the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, composed of adal "noble" and the suffix heit "kind, sort, type". It was borne in the 10th century by Saint Adelaide, the wife of the Holy Roman emperor Otto the Great. The name is used in Basque, Bosnian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Frisian, Georgian and German. In Britain the parallel form Alice, derived via Old French, has historically been more common than Adelaide, though Adelaide gained some currency in the 19th century as the name of the German-born wife of King William IV.
Variations
Adela, Adele, Adelheid
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