Pronunciation /ˈædᵻleɪd/ Word/name Old High German Region of origin Worldwide | Gender Female Meaning nobility | |
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Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High German Adalheidis, meaning "noble natured".
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The modern German form is Adelheid, famously the first name of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to William IV of the United Kingdom, for whom many places throughout the former British Empire were named.
The French form is Adélaïde or Adélaide and a Czech form is 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 so named include:
Nobles
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