Adelaide (given name)
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Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from Old High German Adalheidis "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
, from whom place name Adelaide was derived for many places throughout the former British Empire.
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).
The modern German form is Adelheid, famously the first name of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen
Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen was the queen consort of the United Kingdom and of Hanover as spouse of William IV of the United Kingdom. Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia, is named after her.-Early life:Adelaide was born on 13 August 1792 at Meiningen, Thuringia, Germany...
, queen consort
Queen consort
A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king. A queen consort usually shares her husband's rank and holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles. Historically, queens consort do not share the king regnant's political and military powers. Most queens in history were queens consort...
to William IV of the United Kingdom
William IV of the United Kingdom
William IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death...
, from whom place name Adelaide was derived for many places throughout the former British Empire.
The French form is Adélaïde or Adélaide and a Czech form is Adléta
Adléta
Adléta is an Old Czech form of the German name Adelaide. In Czech calendar, it is celebrated on 2 September.- Famous bearers :*Adléta of Meissen, the first Queen consort of Přemysl I of Bohemia...
. 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
Johanna Spyri
Johanna Spyri was an author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.-Biography:In...
's novel Heidi
Heidi
Heidi is a Swiss work of fiction, published in two parts as Heidi's years of learning and travel and Heidi makes use of what she has learned.It is a novel about the events in the life of a young girl in her grandfather's care, in the Swiss Alps...
(1880).