Adeline
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Adeline means “noble” or “nobility” and is a French or German form tied to Adele, Adela, and Adelaide, with spellings like Adalyn and Adelyn. A fitting namesake is Adeline Van Buren, who with her sister Augusta rode motorcycles across America to show that women could serve as military dispatch riders.
Sources: 10,000 Baby Names, Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, The Best Baby Names for Girls, Numerology for Baby Names, Badass Baby Names
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Usage of Adeline in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Adeline against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Adeline is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Adeline in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 3,864 girls were named Adeline, making it the #59 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 80,812 girls have been named Adeline, with the most (4,120) in 2016. It is most common, relative to births, in Vermont, Wyoming and Alaska.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Adeline in other languages
- Adelina Polish, Portuguese, Spanish
- Adelaine English
- Adeleine English
- Adelide Dutch
Adeline name days
- October 20 France
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Adeline
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Adeline, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Cyclone Adeline (Category 4) | 2005 | South Indian Ocean | 232 km/h |
| Cyclone Adeline (Category 1) | 1973 | South Pacific | 130 km/h |
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Adeline
There are 2 towns and villages with Adeline in their name.
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Adeline | Illinois, 🇺🇸 United States | 82 | Map |
| Adeline | Louisiana, 🇺🇸 United States | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Adeline
There are 5 lakes and reservoirs with Adeline in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 4🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | |
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| Adeline Lake | Newfoundland and Labrador, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Adeline Lake | Wisconsin, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Lac Adéline | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Adéline | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Adéline | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Adeline songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Adeline in their title. The best known:
- Ballade pour Adeline – Paul de Senneville (1976)
- Sweet Adeline – Henry W. Armstrong
- Adeline – alt-J (2017)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Fictional characters named Adeline
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Adeline as a pet name
FurryName has found 25 dogs named Adeline in public pet registers, making it the #4,470 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Allegheny County (14), Framingham (1), Richmond (1). Adeline as a dog name →
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