Adelaide ( given name ) - wikipedia Adelaide ( given name ) For notable persons named Adelaide, see Adelaide ( disambiguation ). This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2011 ) Adelaide Princess Adelaide of Saxe - Meiningen Pronunciation / ˈædɪleɪd / Gender Female Origin Word / name Old High German Meaning nobility Region of origin Worldwide Other names Related names Addie, Addy, Adi, Adelheid, Heidi, Adele, Adela, Adelina, Adeline, Alice, Alison, Ethel Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High German Adalheidis, meaning `` noble natured ''. The modern German form is Adelheid, famously the first name of Adelaide of Saxe - Meiningen, queen consort to William IV of the United Kingdom, for whom many places throughout the former British Empire were named. The French form is Adélaïde or Adélaide and a Czech form is Adléta. The name Addie is a diminutive of Adelaide and Heidi is a nickname for Adelheid which became internationally popular on its own as a result of Johanna Spyri 's novel Heidi ( 1880 ). People so named include : Contents 1 Nobles 2 Other 3 Fictional characters 4 See also Nobles Saint Adelaide of Italy ( died 999 ), wife of Otto the Great Adelaide of Aquitaine ( died 1004 ) Saint Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich ( died 1015 ) Adelaide of Susa ( died 1091 ) Adelaide del Vasto ( died 1118 ) Adélaide de Maurienne ( 1092 -- 1154 ) Adelaide of Poland ( died 1211 ) Adelaide of Holland ( 1230 -- 1284 ) Adelaide of Saxe - Meiningen ( 1792 -- 1849 ), Queen Consort of William IV of the United Kingdom Adelaide of Löwenstein - Wertheim - Rosenberg ( 1831 -- 1909 ) Queen Consort of Miguel I of Portugal Princess Adélaïde d'Orléans ( 1777 -- 1847 ) Other Adelaide Clemens ( born 1989 ), Australian actress Adélaïde Dufrénoy ( 1765 -- 1825 ), French poet and painter Adelaide Dutcher ( fl. 1901 ), American physician and public health worker Adélaïde Victoire Hall ( 1772 -- 1844 ), painter Adelaide Hoodless ( 1858 -- 1910 ), Canadian educational reformer Adelaide Kane ( born 1990 ), Australian actress Adélaïde Labille - Guiard ( 1749 -- 1803 ), French history and portrait painter Adélaïde Leroux ( born 1982 ), French actress Adelaide Anne Procter ( 1825 -- 1864 ), English poet and philanthropist Fictional characters Miss Adelaide, a character in the musical Guys and Dolls Adelaide Brubaker, a character on the television series Diff'rent Strokes Adelaide `` Addy '' Wilson, a character on the television series Gimme a Break ! See also Marie - Adélaïde Adelheid Adelais Alice ( given name ) Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adelaide_(given_name)&oldid=839119094 '' Categories : Given names English feminine given names Hidden categories : Articles lacking sources from November 2011 All articles lacking sources All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from October 2014 Articles with short description All set index articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Беларуская ( тарашкевіца ) ‎ Italiano Русский Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 1 May 2018, at 11 : 22. About Wikipedia

Question: what is the meaning of the name adelaide
Answer: noble natured