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The ancient Anglo-Saxon surname Aline came from the given name Ayling, an ancient Anglo-Saxon personal name derived from the Old English word ædeling which means prince, a derivative of ædel which means noble.

Early Origins of the Aline family

The surname Aline was first found in Dorset, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Aline family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Aline research. Another 178 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1006, 1086, 1176, 1177, 1273, 1290, 1296, 1621 and 1769 are included under the topic Early Aline History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Aline Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Aline family name include Ayling, Aling, Aeoeling, Adeling, Aoeling, Aedeling, Ayline, Aylyng and many more.

Early Notables of the Aline family

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Migration of the Aline family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Aline surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Catharine Aling, who sailed to Baltimore in 1763; Ann Ayling, who came to Philadelphia with three children in 1820; and John Ayling, who came to Philadelphia in 1876..


Contemporary Notables of the name Aline (post 1700) +

  • María Aline Griffith Dexter (1923-2017), Countess of Romanones, Spanish-American aristocrat, socialite, and writer
  • Louise Aline Barnsdall (1882-1946), American oil heiress, client of Frank Lloyd Wright and his design of her Hollyhock House in Los Angeles
  • Toshi Aline Seeger (1922-2013), American filmmaker, producer, and environmental activist, wife of Pete Seeger
  • Eve Aline Plumb (b. 1958), American actress and painter
  • Aline Kiner (1959-2019), French journalist and novelist
  • Aline Chrétien (1936-2020), born Aline Chaîné, Canadian wife of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
  • Aline Laveen MacMahon (1899-1991), American Academy Award nominated actress, best known for her performance in Dragon Seed (1944)
  • Aline Pellegrino (b. 1982), Brazilian women's soccer player
  • Aline S. Guthrie, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1980 1
  • Aline Monroe, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Oklahoma, 1956 2


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 23) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 16) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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