Adeline (given name)
Adeline is a feminine given name meaning 'noble' or 'nobility'. It is of French origins and is a diminutive of Adèle.[1] Its variants include Adelina, Adalyn, Adalynn, Adelyn, Adalene, Adeleine, Aada, Ada, Alina, Aline, Adelita, and Alita.
Notable people with the name include:
- Adeline Pond Adams (1859–1948), American writer and wife of Herbert Adams
- Adeline, Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre (1825–1915), wife of James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan
- Adeline André, French fashion designer and the head of one of the ten haute couture design houses in Paris
- Adeline Canac (born 1990), French pair skater, currently skating with Yannick Bonheur
- Adeline Genée DBE (1878–1970), Danish/British ballet dancer
- Adeline Geo-Karis (1918–2008), Republican politician and a member of the Illinois Senate for the 31st District
- Adeline Hazan (born 1956), French politician, MEP for the east of France, and mayor of Reims since March 2008
- Adeline Kerrar (1924–1995), infielder and catcher, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League in 1944
- Adeline Knapp (1860–1909), American journalist, author, social activist, environmentalist and educator
- Adeline Lee Zhia Ern, Malaysian writer convicted of plagiarism
- Adeline Masquelier (born 1960), Associate Professor of Anthropology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana
- Adeline McKinlay, American tennis player of the end of the 19th century
- Adeline Miller, alias Adeline Furman, American madam and prostitute
- Adeline Rittershaus (1876–1924), philologist, a scholar in old Scandinavian literature, and champion for the equality of women
- Frances Adeline "Fanny" Seward (1844–1866), daughter of United States Secretary of State William H. Seward
- Frances Adeline Seward (1805–1865), born in 1805, the daughter of Judge Elijah Miller and Hannah Foote Miller
- Louise Adeline Weitzel (1862–1934), German-American writer
- Adeline Dutton Train Whitney (1824–1906), American poet and writer of books for girls
- Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), British modernist author
- Adeline Wuillème (born 1975), French foil fencer who competed in three Olympic games
- Adeline Yen Mah, Chinese-American author and physician
References
- Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford University Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. Retrieved 2018-11-19.
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