as a First Name
Of Germanic origin (via French Adélaïde), from adal ‘noble’ + heid ‘kind, sort’. It was borne in the 10th century by the wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto the Great. She became regent after his death and was revered as a saint. The given name increased in popularity in England during the 19th century, when it was borne by the wife of King William IV; she was the daughter of the ruler of the German duchy of Saxe-Meiningen. The Australian city of Adelaide was named in her honour.
| 2,461st in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 6,117
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 11,008
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Adelaide per capita
- 1914
- marked the height of its popularity
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