Adelaide

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Female Name

Usage

Finnish
Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

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Origin and Meaning

Nordic spelling of Adélaïde

Related Names

See Adalhaid

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Adelaide
Genitive:	Adelaides

- Finnish
Nominative:	Adelaide
Genitive:	Adelaiden
Partitive:	Adelaidea

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Adelaide
Genitive:	Adelaides

- Swedish
Nominative:	Adelaide
Genitive:	Adelaides

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Sweden: 1721

Strongest Period of Usage

• Denmark: early 19th century
• Sweden: 1865-1919

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Uppland (19th century) see map
  • Blekinge (19th century) see map
  • Gotland
  • Östsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 210 people were named Adelaide (percentage of first or only given name: 11 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Finland		n.a.	236	n.a.	236	0	0
Sweden		29	135	29	135	0	0
Denmark		31	n.a.	31	n.a.	0	n.a.
Norway		34	n.a.	34	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Adelaide (f) in Sweden in the year 1880.