Adeline
A girls’ name of French/Germanic origin, meaning noble, nobility.
How Adeline has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #135 |
| 2016 | #63 |
| 2017 | #64 |
| 2018 | #78 |
| 2019 | #91 |
| 2020 | #100 |
| 2021 | #94 |
| 2022 | #92 |
| 2023 | #71 |
| 2024 | #58 |
| 2025 | #59 |
Adeline by the numbers
In 2025, 211 babies in England and Wales were named Adeline. In the US, 3,902 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 4,112 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
At its height, in 1915, about 1 in 930 American girls born that year was called Adeline.
Names that come from Adeline
Forms of Adeline in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Addalynnoble natured; a modern respelling of Adeline241 in the US (2017)
- Adilenenoble natured; an elaboration of Adeline210 in the US (2017)
- Addelynnoble gracious; an elaboration of Adeline208 in the US (2017)
- Addalynnnoble; a modern respelling of Adeline196 in the US (2017)
- Adilynnoble natured; a modern elaboration of Adeline139 in the US (2017)
- Adalinanoble and soft; a form of Adeline132 in the US (2017)
- Adalynnenoble; a form of Adeline99 in the US (2017)
- Adalynenoble, of noble birth; variant of Adeline85 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Adeline. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Adalinenoble; a form of Adeline1,673 in the US (2017)
- Adelinanoble or of noble birth; form of adela614 in the US (2017)
- Avelinewished-for child; a form of Aveline133 in the US (2017)
- Adelynenoble; a form of Adeline91 in the US (2017)
- Adelinnoble, gracious; short form of Adeline46 in the US (2017)
- Addelinenoble; a form of Adeline43 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Adeline
Names that are said the same way as Adeline, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Adalynnnoble lineage; a modern respelling of Adeline2,651 in the US (2017)
- Adalynnoble natured; a modern respelling of Adeline2,194 in the US (2017)
- Adelynnoble, gracious; a modern respelling of Adeline1,511 in the US (2017)
- Adelynnnoble; blend of Adele and -lyn suffix1,063 in the US (2017)
- Addilynnoble natured; a modern form of Adeline with -lyn suffix821 in the US (2017)
- Adilynnnoble lineage; blend of Adeline with -lynn suffix266 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean nobility
Like Adeline, 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)
- Briannahigh or noble; feminine form of Brian2,509 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Adeline
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