Meaning of the nameAdelaide
- Female
- Germanic origin
- A-de-lai-de
Adelaide is a female name of Germanic origin, from the older Adalheid, formed from adal, 'noble', and heit, 'nature, kind'.
Meaning
“nobility (from adal, 'noble', and heit, 'nature, kind')”
- People (2022)
- 22,795
- Rank in Brazil
- #981
- Median age
- 63 years
- 2010 Census
- 32,247
- people
Adelaide in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Adelaide, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (5,445 people).
22,427 women 368 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Adelaide is most common
States with the highest share of people named Adelaide in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Santa Catarina 0.021%
- Mato Grosso do Sul 0.018%
- Paraná 0.016%
- Piauí 0.016%
- Rio Grande do Sul 0.016%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 5,242 | 0.012% |
| Minas Gerais | 1,995 | 0.010% |
| Bahia | 1,977 | 0.014% |
| Paraná | 1,880 | 0.016% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 1,753 | 0.016% |
| Santa Catarina | 1,574 | 0.021% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 1,499 | 0.009% |
| Ceará | 1,010 | 0.012% |
| Goiás | 632 | 0.009% |
| Pará | 596 | 0.007% |
| Piauí | 531 | 0.016% |
| Pernambuco | 503 | 0.006% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 489 | 0.018% |
| Mato Grosso | 484 | 0.013% |
| Maranhão | 474 | 0.007% |
| Espírito Santo | 378 | 0.010% |
| Amazonas | 337 | 0.009% |
| Distrito Federal | 287 | 0.010% |
| Sergipe | 200 | 0.009% |
| Paraíba | 183 | 0.005% |
| Rondônia | 177 | 0.011% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 156 | 0.005% |
| Tocantins | 146 | 0.010% |
| Alagoas | 120 | 0.004% |
| Acre | 82 | 0.010% |
| Roraima | 51 | 0.008% |
| Amapá | 39 | 0.005% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Adelaide
Behind the Name, which lists Adelaide in Portuguese, Italian and English, explains the name as the French form of the Germanic Adalheidis, meaning 'nobility'. Wiktionary gives the same origin in Old High German Adalheid, from adal, 'noble', and heit, 'nature, character', and links the name to Alice, which comes from the same root. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 22,795 people named Adelaide, with a median age of 63. Proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil lists Adelayde as a spelling variant.
Sources
- Wiktionary: Adelaide · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
- Behind the Name: Adelaide · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adelaide · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Adelaide
What does the name Adelaide mean?
Adelaide means “nobility (from adal, 'noble', and heit, 'nature, kind')”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.
How many people are named Adelaide in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 22,795 people with the first name Adelaide, which ranks it number 981 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.
Is Adelaide a boy's or a girl's name?
Adelaide is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 22,427 women and 368 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Adelaide?
Adelaide is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Adelaide most common?
Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.021% of the state's population is named Adelaide (1,574 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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