Adelina is the Italian variant of Adeline, meaning 'noble' or 'nobility'.[1] Its other variants are Adtelina, Adela, Adelia, Della, Adalyn, Adalynn, Adelyn, Alene, Aline, Delia, Aada and Ada.[citation needed]
Notable people with the name include:
- Adelina of Holland (c. 990 – c. 1045), Dutch noblewoman
- Saint Adelina (died 1125), French Benedictine nun
- Adelina Abranches (1866–1945), Portuguese stage actress
- Adelina Adalis (1900–1969), Soviet poet, prose writer, and translator
- Adelina Akhmetova (born 1998), Kazakhstani hurdler
- Adelina Barrion (1951–2010), Filipino entomologist
- Adelina Beljajeva (born 2003), Estonian rhythmic gymnast
- Adelina Boguș (born 1988) Romanian rower
- Adelina Budai-Ungureanu (born 2000), Romanian volleyball player
- Adelina Catalani (fl. 1818–1832), Franco-Italian soprano
- Adelina Chilica, Angolan politician
- Adelina Cojocariu (born 1988), Romanian rower
- Adelina Covián, Spanish painter
- Adelina Dematti de Alaye (1927–2016), Argentine human rights activist
- Adelina Domingues (1888–2002), American supercentenarian
- Adelina Munro Drysdale (1896–1942), Argentine socialite
- Adelina Engman (born 1994), Finnish footballer
- Adelina von Fürstenberg, Swiss art curator
- Adelina Galyavieva (born 1996), Russian-French ice dancer
- Adelina Garcia (1923–1999), American singer
- Adelina García Casillas (c. 1920–1939), member of the Las Trece Rosas
- Adelina Gavrilă (born 1978), Romanian triple jumper
- Adelina Gonzalez (born 1964), Spanish sailor
- Adelina Gurrea (1896–1971), Filipino journalist
- Adelina Gutiérrez (1925–2015), Chilean scientist
- Adelina Ibatullina (born 1999), Russian pentathlete
- Adelina Ismajli (born 1979), Albanian-Kosovar singer
- Adelina Kondrátieva (1917–2012), Argentine-Russian translator
- Adelina de Lara (1872–1961), British pianist
- Adélina Lévêque (c. 1795 – after 1859), Empress Consort of Haiti
- Dóris Monteiro or Adelina Dóris Monteiro (born 1934), Brazilian singer
- Adelina Murio-Celli d'Elpeux (1844–1900), Polish opera singer, music teacher, and composer
- Adelina Nicholls, Mexican sociologist
- Adelina Otero-Warren (1881–1965), American suffragist
- Adelina Paschalis-Souvestre (1847–1925), Polish singer and music teacher
- Adelina Pastor (born 1993), Romanian sprinter
- Adelina Patti (1843–1919), Italian opera singer
- Adelina Razetdinova (born 2000), Russian Paralympic swimmer
- Adelina Santos Rodriguez (1920–2021), Filipina politician and civil leader
- Adelina Sotnikova (born 1996), Russian figure skater
- Adelina Stehle (1860–1945), Austrian opera singer
- Adelina Tattilo (1929–2007), Italian magazine editor
- Adelina Thaçi (born 1980), Albanian-Kosovar singer
- Adelina Tuitt, Montserratian politician
- Adelina Lopes Vieira (1850–1922/1933), Brazilian poet, playwright, and writer
- Adelina Zagidullina (born 1993), Russian fencer
- Adelina Zandrino (1893–1994), Italian artist and illustrator
- Adelina Zendejas (1909–1993), Mexican teacher, journalist, and feminist
Fictional characters
edit- Adelina, in Lorien Legacies, a young adult science fiction book series
- Adelina of Naples, in one segment of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, a 1963 anthology film
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 20 November 2024.