Adeline
[ˈæd.ə.laɪn]Meaning
French and English form of Adelina, from a root meaning "noble"
Background Story
Adeline is the French and English form of Adelina, and comes from Old French, where it was a diminutive of Adela and Adele. The root is Old High German adal, "noble", which also gives the German words Adel and edel. It was introduced to England by the Normans in the 11th century and was very common there in the Middle Ages. The name is also used in Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Norwegian.
Variations
Adelina, Ada, Adele
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