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Adeline (female)

Variants:Adalina (F) Adelaide (F) Adelaine (F) Adelina (F)
Diminutive(s):Aline (F) Arline (F)
Diminutive for:Adèle (F)
Pet Name(s):Arleen (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Chambers Dictionary [1972]
Notes:

English from Old German for "noble" via French diminutive of Adèle. Adelina is a Latinate variant.
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