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Adelina
ad-uh-LEE-nuh (/ˌædəˈliːnə/)
NAME PROFILE
Pronunciation & Spelling
Usually straightforward
Most of the uncertainty is in the first pronunciation, not the act of writing the name. The same spelling can suggest more than one credible reading.
92/100
Everyday Use
Low risk
The main everyday ambiguity is name-to-name confusion: listeners can reasonably hear a nearby familiar name instead.
87/100
Lifetime Fit
Strong lifetime fit
Current use is concentrated in a narrower age range, so the name carries a stronger generational signal than names spread evenly across cohorts.
88/100
International Mobility
Travels well, with one adaptation
The name travels more consistently on the page than in the mouth. Readers in different language communities can give the same spelling different sounds.
96/100
NAME DETAILS
- COMMON FORMS
- Ada
- Alina
- IN OTHER LANGUAGES
- Adele (German/English/Italian)
- Adela (Spanish/variant)
- Adeline (English/French)
- Aline (Portuguese, Brazilian)
About the name
Meaning
"Noble" — inherited from the Germanic element adal ('noble family, noble kindred'; Proto-Germanic *aþalaz), by way of Adele/Adela, of which Adelina is the Italian form and a diminutive used across several Romance and Eastern European languages.
CULTURAL REFERENCES
Adelina Sotnikova (b. 1996)
Adelina Otero-Warren (1881–1965)
Saint Adelina (died 1125)
Adelina of Holland (c. 990
c. 1045), Dutch noblewoman
Bottom line
Adelina is workable on its own, with one trade-off worth testing before you settle on it. Would a stranger reading the name aloud land on the intended sound? That is the practical question worth testing before deciding.
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