The first name Adeline
A girl’s name.
Pronounced /ˈædəlɪn/ 3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
From Old French Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 211 girls were named Adeline, making it the 222nd most popular girls’ name.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Adeline with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Adeline at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 3,864 girls born in the United States were named Adeline, the 59th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2016, when 4,120 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Nicknames and spellings
Other spellings and forms
- Edeline
- Adelene
Famous people named Adeline
11 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Adeline GrayAmerican wrestler (born 1991)
- Adeline Sarah AmesAmerican mycologist (1879-1976)
- Adeline Baud-MugnierFrench alpine skier, born 1992
- Adeline DieudonnéBelgian author, born 1982
- Adeline BoutainFrench photographer and postcard publisher, 1862–1946
- Adeline Dutton Train WhitneyAmerican author (1824–1906)
- Adeline Pond AdamsAmerican writer (1859-1948)
- Adeline GenéeDanish ballerina and choreographer (1878–1970)
- Adeline HazanFrench politician, born 1956
- Virginia WoolfEnglish modernist writer (1882–1941)
- Laura Muntz LyallCanadian artist (1860-1930)
Questions
- What does the name Adeline mean?
- From Old French Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans.
- How popular is the name Adeline?
- In 2025, 211 girls born in England and Wales were named Adeline, ranking 222nd.
- Is Adeline a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 80,838 US babies named Adeline since 1880 were girls.
- When was Adeline most popular?
- 2016 in the United States, when 4,120 babies were named Adeline, its highest rank at 63rd.
- How do you pronounce Adeline?
- Adeline is /ˈædəlɪn/, 3 syllables.
- What are other spellings of Adeline?
- Edeline and Adelene.