THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Adeline
Adeline is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Adeline Dumapong. This snapshot links the name to 1 distinct Wikidata person record. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
From Old French Adeline, a diminutive form of Adela and Adele brought to England by the Normans.
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
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EnglishEtymology & source
Latinate form of French Adèle, short form of Germanic compound names beginning with Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”). Compare Old English æþele, English athel.
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
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EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from French Adèle, equivalent of Adela, from a Germanic root meaning “noble”. Compare athel, German edel, Old English æþele.
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Middle English Norman, from Old English Norman (a variant of Norþman) and Old French Normant. It is certain that the word is derived from the base of the Germanic words for north and the Germanic base of the words for man. However, given the frequent movement of Germanic groups especially into and out of Britain in the post-classical world, it is unclear in what tongue it came to be used first. In addition, the generally accepted meaning, a person from Normandy or one of the many French-speaking invaders to Britain, was used chiefly by Anglo-Norman and Old French, though it originally referred to any Scandinavian of the time. See also Northman.
A male given name from Old English used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.
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People with the name Adeline
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Adeline Dumapong
Filipina Paralympic powerlifter
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
1
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
1
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Adeline Dumapong
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Adeline in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Adeline
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Adelina♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adelino·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Adelito♂Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Angeline♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Madelaine♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adel♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adela♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Adelaida♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Adeline?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Adeline further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q16001784 — Adeline (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Adeline Dumapong (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q16001784 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Adeline (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Adeline (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Adeline (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Adeline (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.