Adelaide (given name)

Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High German Adalheidis, meaning "noble natured".

Adelaide
Pronunciation/ˈædɪld/
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameOld High German
Meaningnobility
Region of originWorld wide
Other names
Related namesAddie, Addy, Adi, Adelheid, Adel, Heidi, Adelle, Adèle, Adela, Adelina, Adeline, Adolat, Alice, Alida, Alison, Ethel, Zélie, Alix

The modern German form is Adelheid, famously the first name of Queen Adelaide, for whom many places throughout the former British Empire were named.

The French form is Adélaïde or Adélaide, and Czech is Adéla or Adléta. The name Addie is a diminutive of Adelaide and Heidi is a nickname for Adelheid, which became internationally popular on its own as a result of Johanna Spyri's novel Heidi (1880).

People with the name

Nobles

Other people

Fictional characters with the name

  • Adelaide, a character on the television series Over the Garden Wall
  • Miss Adelaide, a character in the musical Guys and Dolls
  • Adelaide Brubaker, a character on the television series Diff'rent Strokes
  • Adelaide "Addy" Wilson, a character on the television series Gimme a Break!
  • Adelaide "Addy" Wilson, née Thomas, a character in the 2019 movie Us
  • Adelaide Brooke, base commander in Doctor Who episode "The Waters of Mars"
  • Madame Adelaide Bonfamille, a character in the Disney movie The Aristocats [1]
  • Adelaide Chang, the younger sister of Sid Chang in The Casagrandes
  • Aunt Adelaide, a character from the 2005 movie Nanny McPhee
  • Adelaide "Ada-1" Meyrin, an Exo gunsmith and head of the Black Armory in Destiny 2
  • Adelheid, a character from the 2015 movie “Heidi
  • Adelaide "Addy" Muchmore, a character from Taffy, the granddaughter of Mrs. Muchmore
  • Adelaid Adams, the exalted singer and performer in Calamity Jane

See also

References

  1. The Aristocats, OCLC 1020068431, retrieved 2019-11-24
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