Adelina
Meaning
variant of Adeline, "noble"
The story
Adelina is Adeline sung in Italian, the noble root adal given an opera house ending, and the name belongs to one bearer above all: Adelina Patti, the most celebrated soprano of the nineteenth century, whose name was a byword for a perfect voice. The record shows a genuine double life: a real presence from the 1890s onward, between about 150 and 760 a decade for a full century, then the modern turn, about 1,500 in the 2000s, 5,000 in the 2010s, and 4,800 so far this decade, closing on the full 2010s with years to run. It goes to girls without exception: about 16,700 to none. Adeline, the French sister, runs bigger at about 79,900 and carries her own story here; Adelina is the version with the encore in it, a century of patience and then the curtain.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Adelina peaked in the 2020s.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
19,527 people · the #1,083 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 10,417 · median age 68
Among people named Adelina living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 33 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Adelina
Most people given the name Adelina in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Adelina deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Adelina truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Adelina fits with your family’s names and surname.
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