Adelaida

a-deh-LIE-da
Spanish variation of Adelaide, German
"noble, nobility"

Adelaida Origin and Meaning

The name Adelaida is a girl's name meaning "noble, nobility".

Adelaida takes the elegant and popular Adelaide one step further, adding even more flair and distinction to the name. While English speakers may pronounce it as a-deh-LAY-duh, the traditional Spanish pronunciation would be a-deh-LIE-da.

More than 1100 baby girls were named Adelaide in the US last year, while around 50 were named Adelaida.

Famous People Named Adelaida

  • Adelaida Avagyan
    Armenian physician, healthcare leader
  • Adelaida Soler
    Argentine actress
  • Adelaida García Morales
    Spanish author
  • Adelaida N. Lukanina
    Russian,American physician/chemist
  • Adelaida Delgado
    b. name of Adele Mara, American actress, singer, model

Adelaida in Pop Culture

  • Adelaida
    the middle Yepanchin daughter in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Idiot
  • Adelaida
    the mother of Aleksey ("Alyosha") and Ivan ("Vanya") Karamazov in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov
  • Adelaida "Ada" Veen
    title character in Vladimir Nabokov's novel Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle
  • "Adalida" (1995)
    country song by George Strait
  • Adelaida Fugents
    a character in 'Fran Bow'

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