Adeline is a feminine given name meaning 'noble' or 'nobility'. It is of

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origin and derived from Old High German "adal" which means noble. It lives on in the Modern High German words Adel (nobility), edel (noble) adelig (noble). It is a related to Adèle. Adeline was introduced to England by the Normans in the 11th century and was very common in the Middle Ages. Its variants include Adelin,

Adelina Adelina may refer to: Geography * Adelina, Opole Lubelskie County, Poland * Adelina, Maryland, U.S. * Adelina, Hrubieszów County, Poland Other * Adelina (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Adelina'' (Apicomplexa), a genus of para ...

, Adaline, Adalyn, Adalynn, Adelyn, Adalene, Adeleine, Aada,

Ada Ada may refer to: Places Africa * Ada Foah, a town in Ghana * Ada (Ghana parliament constituency) * Ada, Osun, a town in Nigeria Asia * Ada, Urmia, a village in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran * Ada, Karaman, a village in Karaman Province, Tur ...

Alina Alina is a female given name of European origin. It is particularly common in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. It may be derived from the name Adelina. Alina was one of the top 10 most popular names in Switzerland and one of the top 50 most ...

, Aline, Adelita and Alita, Zélie. Notable people with the name include: *

Adeline Pond Adams Adeline Valentine Pond Adams (1859–1948) was an American writer and the wife of Herbert Adams. The chief subjects of her writings were American fine artists and art history. She published at least seven texts. On December 14, 1930, she was aw ...

(1859–1948), American writer and wife of Herbert Adams *

Adeline, Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre Adeline Louisa Maria, Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre (24 December 1824 – 25 May 1915) was the second wife of the English peer James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, and later the wife of the Portuguese nobleman Don António Manuel de Salda ...

(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 Canac Adeline Canac (born 20 May 1990 in Lagny-sur-Marne) is a French retired pair skater. She is a three-time French champion, twice with Maximin Coia and once with Yannick Bonheur. Career Canac competed internationally as a single skater, and her ...

(born 1990), French pair skater, currently skating with Yannick Bonheur *

Adeline Genée Dame Adeline Genée DBE (born Anina Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen; 6 January 1878 – 23 April 1970) was a Danish-British ballet dancer. Early years Anina Kirstina Margarete Petra Jensen was born in Hinnerup north of Aarhus, Denmark. ...

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 Adeline Hazan (born 21 January 1956 in Paris) is a French politician, who was one of the Members of the European Parliament for the east of France from 1999 to 2008, and mayor of Reims from March 2008 to April 2014. She is a member of the So ...

(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 Adeline E. Knapp (March 14, 1860 – June 6, 1909) was an American journalist, author, social activist, environmentalist and educator, who is today remembered largely for her tempestuous lesbian relationship with Charlotte Perkins Gilman. In her ...

(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 Adeline McKinlay was an American tennis player of the end of the 19th century. She notably won the '' US Women's National Championship'' in 1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to t ...

, 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 Adeline Dutton Train Whitney ( pen name, A. D. T. Whitney; September 15, 1824 – March 20, 1906) was an American poet and prolific writer, who published more than 20 books for girls. Her books expressed a traditional view of women's roles and wer ...

(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 * Lisa Adeline Mainiero, American writer and management professor

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