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Aline

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
2
Peak era
1890s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

variant of Adeline, noble

The story

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Aline around the world

One shared root links 21 names across 3 languages.

Shared root: a Germanic family built on adal "noble": Adalheidis "of noble kind" wore down through Old French Aalis into Alice and a crowd of descendants

The constellation

AlineFrench · short formAdelaideEnglishAdelaidaSpanishAliceEnglishAliciaSpanishAdelaSpanishAdeleFrench
14 more branches of this family
AlyceEnglish · variantAlisonEnglish · diminutiveAllisonEnglish · variantAlysonEnglish · variantAllieEnglish · short formAddieEnglish · short formAdaEnglish · short formAdellaEnglish · variantAdeliaEnglish · related formAdelineFrench · diminutiveAdalineEnglish · variantAdelynEnglish · variantAdalynEnglish · variantAdalynnEnglish · variant

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Aline peaked in the 1890s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Popularity in Brazil

483,853 people · the #47 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 420 · median age 31

1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Aline living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 3,667 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Aline

People given the name Aline in the United States span the generations: the middle half were born anywhere from 1940 to 2009. Age is the one thing the name won't tell you.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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The Aline deep dive

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