Adelie
A girls’ name of Old German origin, meaning noble; variant of Adele or Adelia.
Adelie by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Adelie. In the US, 27 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 51 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Adele
Like Adelie, each of these traces back to Adele: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Adelynnnoble; blend of Adele and -lyn suffix1,063 in the US (2017)
- Adaleevariant of Adele; noble; a modern respelling193 in the US (2017)
- Adleenoble; a modern respelling of Adele89 in the US (2017)
- Adellanoble; form of Adele60 in the US (2017)
- Adellnoble; a form of Adele or Adela14 in the US (2017)
- Aidelnoble natured; a form of Adele6 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adelie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adelinenoble, nobility3,902 in the US (2017)
- Ameliework, industrious; form of Amelia398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adelenoble344 in the US (2017)
- Adalienoble natured; a form of Adela160 in the US (2017)
- Adelianoble natured; form of Adele110 in the US (2017)
- Adellenoble; a form of Adele77 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Adelie
Names that are said the same way as Adelie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean nobility
Like Adelie, each of these has nobility in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
- Audreynoble strength4,820 in the US (2017)
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Allisonnoble natured; a form of Alison4,017 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Adalynnnoble lineage; a modern respelling of Adeline2,651 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Adelie
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