Adelaide
Meaning of Adelaide
Adelaide started life as the medieval German Adalheidis, meaning “noble kind,” strolled through elegant French salons as Adélaïde, and now says hello in English as AD-uh-layd. The name feels like sunshine on old stone—graceful yet sturdy—thanks to Saint Adelaide, a 10th-century empress who turned power into charity, and to the British queen whose kindness lent her name to the vibrant Australian city. Parents today love its vintage sparkle; after napping in the mid-century charts, Adelaide has been climbing again, sitting comfortably inside the U.S. Top 300 and inching higher each year. Nicknames such as Addie, Della, and Lady keep things playful, while the full form carries la nobleza of a timeless heroine. In short, Adelaide is a passport-free trip from medieval castles to modern playgrounds—proof that a little nobility never goes out of style.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as AD-uh-layd (/ˈæd.laɪd/)
German
- Pronunced as AH-du-lie-duh (/ˈa.du.li.də/)
French
- Pronunced as ah-duh-LAID (/a.dy.lɑj/)
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Notable People Named Adelaide
| Adelaide Hall was an American born, UK based jazz singer and entertainer whose career of over 70 years stretched from the Harlem Renaissance to a Guinness record for eight decades of recordings. |
| Adelaide Miethke - Adelaide Laetitia Addie Miethke was a South Australian educator who helped found the School of the Air using the Royal Flying Doctor Service radio network. |
| Adelaide Kane is an Australian actress and model best known for Neighbours, Power Rangers RPM, Reign, Teen Wolf, Once Upon a Time, and Grey's Anatomy. |
| Adelaide Sophia Hoodless was a Canadian educational reformer who founded the Womens Institute and served as the second president of the Hamilton YWCA while building strong business ties and broad public influence. |
| Adelaide of Normandy was the sister of William the Conqueror and ruled as Countess of Aumale in her own right from 1069 to 1087. |
| British stage actress Lilian Adelaide Neilson was born Elizabeth Ann Brown. |
| Adelaide Casely-Hayford was a Sierra Leone Creole educator, writer, and feminist who championed Pan Africanism and education for women in the early 1900s, founding a vocational school for girls in Freetown and promoting cultural pride under colonial rule. |
| Adelaide Johnson was an American sculptor and feminist known as the sculptor of the womens rights movement, with works in the US Capitol. |
| Adelaide Alsop Robineau was an American china painter and potter recognized as a leading figure in American art pottery. |
| Adelaide of Weimar-Orlamünde - Adelaide of Weimar Orlamunde, daughter of Otto I of Meissen, married Adalbert II of Ballenstedt, Count Palatine Herman II, and Henry of Laach. |
| Adelaide of Aquitaine, queen to Hugh Capet and mother of Robert II, helped found the Capetian dynasty and held some influence over early French rule. |
| Adelaide Frances Tambo was a South African anti apartheid activist and political exile. |
| Adelaide Franklin Cleaver was a Northern Irish aviator. |
| Adelaide of Rheinfelden became Queen of Hungary through her marriage to King Ladislaus I. |
| Adelaide von Skilondz - Adelaide Andreyeva von Skilondz was a celebrated Russian operatic coloratura soprano. |
