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Meaning of the nameAdelina

Adelina is a feminine name of Germanic origin, from the element adal, meaning "noble", and a form close to Adela.

Meaning

“noble”

Source: Behind the Name: Adelina · Behind the Name: Adela · Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Adel-)

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People (2022)
19,527
Rank in Brazil
#1,083
Median age
68 years
2010 Census
28,234
people

Adelina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Adelina, 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 (4,627 people).

19,411 women 116 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 Adelina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Adelina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

  1. Santa Catarina 0.018%
  2. Espírito Santo 0.016%
  3. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.016%
  4. Bahia 0.016%
  5. Rondônia 0.015%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo4,1860.009%
Minas Gerais2,5020.012%
Bahia2,2290.016%
Rio Grande do Sul1,3900.013%
Paraná1,3890.012%
Santa Catarina1,3560.018%
Rio de Janeiro1,0680.007%
Goiás8200.012%
Espírito Santo6230.016%
Mato Grosso5040.014%
Mato Grosso do Sul4410.016%
Pará4220.005%
Pernambuco3860.004%
Ceará3500.004%
Piauí3230.010%
Maranhão2520.004%
Rondônia2380.015%
Amazonas2040.005%
Distrito Federal1940.007%
Tocantins1720.011%
Paraíba1200.003%
Sergipe990.005%
Alagoas920.003%
Rio Grande do Norte510.002%
Acre490.006%
Roraima390.006%
Amapá280.004%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Adelina

According to Behind the Name, Adelina comes from a Germanic name derived from the element adal, "noble", from Proto-Germanic aþalaz, and is related to Adela, from the same root. Wiktionary, in its Spanish entry, presents Adelina as a diminutive of Adela, and the Morfemário of the Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil includes Adelina among the traditional names with the element Adel-, "noble". In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 19,527 people named Adelina, with a median age of 68. It is a name of older generations, with the most records among those born in the 1950s; proportionally, it is most common in Santa Catarina, and it is almost always female.

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Adelina · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Behind the Name: Adela · behindthename.com · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: Adelina · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  4. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adelina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · usage
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário (Adel-) · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · meaning

Questions about the name Adelina

What does the name Adelina mean?

Adelina means “noble”, according to Behind the Name and Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil.

How many people are named Adelina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 19,527 people with the first name Adelina, which ranks it number 1,083 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Adelina a boy's or a girl's name?

Adelina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 19,411 women and 116 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Adelina?

Adelina is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Adelina most common?

Proportionally, in Santa Catarina: 0.018% of the state's population is named Adelina (1,356 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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