Adelaide (the capital and largest city of South Australia, Australia) · a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide
köken: From Old French, from Old High German Adalheid (modern German Adelheid), from adal (“noble”) + heit (“nature, character”), from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *haiduz (“character”). Doublet of Alice.
Adelaide (a city in South Australia) · a female given name, equivalent to English Adelaide · Adelaide Island (an island of Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica)
a female given name, currently popular in Finland · Adah (biblical character)
köken: Fennicized spelling of Ada, of Germanic (names containing Old High German adal (“noble”)) and of Biblical Hebrew (Biblical Hebrew עָדָה (literally “adá”)) origin. Cognate with English Ada.
From Old High German Adalheid, popularized by Adelaide of Italy, a 10th-century Frankish saint and wife of Otto the Great. Cognate to English Adelaide and Alice. Doublet of Alice.