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.