Meaning of the nameAdeline
- Female
- French origin
- Germanic origin
- A-de-li-ne
Adeline is a feminine name of French origin, a form of Adelina, which starts from the Germanic element adal, 'noble'.
- People (2022)
- 1,677
- Rank in Brazil
- #5,791
- Median age
- 36 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,569
- people
Adeline in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Adeline, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (734 people).
1,623 women 54 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 Adeline is most common
States with the highest share of people named Adeline in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- Paraná 0.002%
- Ceará 0.002%
- São Paulo 0.001%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 375 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 201 | 0.002% |
| Ceará | 134 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 117 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 99 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 93 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 92 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 90 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 67 | 0.001% |
| Pará | 46 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 46 | 0.001% |
| Alagoas | 34 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 31 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 30 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 29 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 26 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 25 | 0.000% |
| Amazonas | 25 | 0.001% |
| Piauí | 22 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 20 | 0.001% |
| Rondônia | 19 | 0.001% |
| Sergipe | 18 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
About the name Adeline
The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil (Dictionary of Names in Use in Brazil) gives the origin of Adeline as French. Behind the Name describes it as a French and English form of Adelina, a Germanic name whose element adal means 'noble'; Wiktionary records, in French, a diminutive of Adèle. The meaning is that of the base name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 1,677 people named Adeline, with a median age of 36. The records are concentrated in the 1980s and 1990s, and the name is almost always female. Proportionally, it is most common in Paraná.
Sources
- Behind the Name: Adeline · behindthename.com · origin
- Behind the Name: Adelina · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Adeline · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin
- Wiktionary: Adeline · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Questions about the name Adeline
What does the name Adeline mean?
Adeline means “form of Adelina, from adal, 'noble'”, according to Behind the Name.
How many people are named Adeline in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,677 people with the first name Adeline, which ranks it number 5,791 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.
Is Adeline a boy's or a girl's name?
Adeline is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,623 women and 54 men had this name.
What is the origin of the name Adeline?
Adeline is a name of French and Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Adeline most common?
Proportionally, in Paraná: 0.002% of the state's population is named Adeline (201 people), according to the 2022 Census.
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