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GirlPronounced English /ˈæ.də.leɪd/; Italian /a.de.ˈlai̯.de/; European Portuguese /a.dɨ.ˈlaj.dɨ/; European Portuguese /a.dɨ.ˈlajd/; Brazilian Portuguese /a.de.ˈlaj.d͡ʒi/English language family

Adélaïde

A name meaning "nobleness, nobility".

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Adélaïde is a girl name meaning "nobleness, nobility".

Pronunciation: English /ˈæ.də.leɪd/; Italian /a.de.ˈlai̯.de/; European Portuguese /a.dɨ.ˈlaj.dɨ/; European Portuguese /a.dɨ.ˈlajd/; Brazilian Portuguese /a.de.ˈlaj.d͡ʒi/.

GenderGirl
Meaningnobleness, nobility
PronunciationEnglish /ˈæ.də.leɪd/; Italian /a.de.ˈlai̯.de/; European Portuguese /a.dɨ.ˈlaj.dɨ/; European Portuguese /a.dɨ.ˈlajd/; Brazilian Portuguese /a.de.ˈlaj.d͡ʒi/
Language familyEnglish

Meaning and history

The name means "nobleness, nobility", from the French form of the Germanic name Adalheidis, which was composed of adal "noble" and the suffix heit "kind, sort, type". It was borne in the 10th century by Saint Adelaide, the wife of the Holy Roman emperor Otto the Great. In Britain the parallel form Alice, derived via Old French, has historically been more common than Adelaide, though this form did gain some currency in the 19th century due to the popularity of the German-born wife of King William IV, for whom the city of Adelaide in Australia was named in 1836.

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Usage: english, italian, portuguese