Adelai

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 15 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
15
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Adelai by the numbers

Adelai was given to 15 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Adelai

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adelai. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Adelanoble; of noble birth184 in the US (2017)
  • Adlaimy ornament; my witness21 in the US (2017)
  • Adelinoble; a form of Adeline6 in the US (2017)
  • Adelae12 in the US (2017)
  • Adelei9 in the US (2017)
  • Adalai6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Adelai

Names that are said the same way as Adelai, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Adellanoble; form of Adele60 in the US (2017)
  • Adeelajust, fair; a form of Adila3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Adalay12 in the US (2017)
  • Adayla10 in the US (2017)
  • Adalea7 in the US (2017)
  • Adelay6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Adelai

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