Adelaide (given name)
For notable persons named Adelaide, see Adelaide (disambiguation).
| Adelaide | |
|---|---|
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Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | |
| Pronunciation | /ˈædᵻleɪd/ |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old High German |
| Meaning | nobility |
| Region of origin | Worldwide |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Addie, Addy, Adelheid, Heidi, Adele, Adela, Adelina, Adeline, Alice, Alison, Ethel |
Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High German Adalheidis, meaning "noble natured".
The modern German form is Adelheid, famously the first name of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to William IV of the United Kingdom, for whom many places throughout the former British Empire were named.
The French form is Adélaïde or Adélaide and a Czech form is Adléta. The name Addie is a diminutive of Adelaide and Heidi is a nickname for Adelheid which became internationally popular on its own as a result of Johanna Spyri's novel Heidi (1880).
People so named include:
Nobles
- Saint Adelaide of Italy (died 999), wife of Otto the Great
- Adelaide of Aquitaine (died 1004)
- Adelaide of Susa (died 1091)
- Adelaide del Vasto (died 1118)
- Adélaide de Maurienne (1092–1154)
- Adelaide of Poland (died 1211)
- Adelaide of Holland (1230–1284)
- Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792–1849), Queen Consort of William IV of the United Kingdom
- Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831–1909) Queen Consort of Miguel I of Portugal
- Princess Adélaïde d'Orléans (1777–1847)
Other
- Adelaide Clemens (born 1989), Australian actress
- Adélaïde Dufrénoy (1765–1825), French poet and painter
- Adélaïde Victoire Hall (1772–1844), painter
- Adelaide Hoodless (1858–1910), Canadian educational reformer
- Adelaide Kane (born 1990), Australian actress
- Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (1749–1803), French history and portrait painter
- Adélaïde Leroux (born 1982), French actress
- Adelaide Anne Procter (1825–1864), English poet and philanthropist
See also
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