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 [ 3 syll. a-de-lai-de, ad-ela-ide ] The girl name Adelaide is pronounced AEDahLEYD KEY. Adelaide has its origins in the Germanic language. It is used largely in English and Italian. The name Adelaide means 'of a noble kind'. Two-element name from adal and heit which are of the meanings 'noble, honorable' and 'kind, sort, type' respectively. The name is derived ultimately from Adalheidis (Germanic) via the short form Adelais (Old French). It was borne by the beautiful and popular Saint Adelaide (931-1037), who married Otto the Great and became the Empress of the Holy Roman Empire. The name was later revived in the 19th century by King William IV's popular German-born wife Queen Adelaide (1792-1849), after whom the capital of South Australia was named in 1836. Adelaide has 36 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English forms of the name include Adalena, Adalin, Adaline, Adalyn, Adelaida (also Spanish), Adelia (also Spanish), Adelyn, Adelynn, Alicia (also Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian), Alida (also Hungarian, Dutch, German, Italian, and Greek), and Alita (also Spanish). Other English forms include the short form Adela (also used in Czech, Polish, and Spanish), the pet forms Ada (also used in German, Hungarian, Polish, and Romanian), Adde, Addi, Addie (also used in Irish), Addy, Adelei, Adell, Adella, Adelle, Aide, Alice (also used in Czech, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese), Dell, Della, and Lady, and the spelling variants Adalaide and Adelade. Forms of Adelaide used in foreign languages include the French Adelais, the Polish Adelajda, the French Adélaïde, the German Aleit, the Dutch Aleydis, and the German and Italian Alide. The short forms Aleid (Dutch) and Aleida (Dutch and German) are other foreign variants. Adelaide is an English and Italian form of the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Adelheid. Adelaide is rather popular as a baby girl name, and it is also regarded as trendy. Its usage peaked modestly in 1901 with 0.058% of baby girls being named Adelaide. It had a ranking of #238 then. The baby name has experienced a substantial drop in frequency since then. In 2008, it ranked at #551 with a usage of 0.027%, having regained its popularity somewhat in the recent decade. Among the family of girl names directly related to Adelaide, the English, Latinized, Spanish, and Scandinavian Alicia was the most frequently used. The name was thrice as popular as Adelaide in 2008. Baby names that sound like Adelaide include the French Adélaïde, the English Adalaide, the German Adalheid, the English Adelade, the Dutch, German, and Scandinavian Adelheid, the German Adelheit, the English Ethelda, the English and Spanish Adelaida, the Polish Adelajda, the Spanish Adelita, and the German Otthild. KEY: Pronunciation for Adelaide: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"   |
