Show ContentsAdeline History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The name Adeline is of Anglo-Saxon origin and 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 Adeline family

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

Early History of the Adeline family

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Adeline Spelling Variations

Before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago, spelling variations of names were a common occurrence. Elements of Latin, French and other languages became incorporated into English through the Middle Ages, and name spellings changed even among the literate. The variations of the surname Adeline include Ayling, Aling, Aeoeling, Adeling, Aoeling, Aedeling, Ayline, Aylyng and many more.

Early Notables of the Adeline family

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Adeline Ranking

In France, the name Adeline is the 5,409th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Adeline family

A great wave of immigration to the New World was the result of the enormous political and religious disarray that struck England at that time. Families left for the New World in extremely large numbers. The long journey was the end of many immigrants and many more arrived sick and starving. Still, those who made it were rewarded with an opportunity far greater than they had known at home in England. These emigrant families went on to make significant contributions to these emerging colonies in which they settled. Some of the first North American settlers carried this name or one of its variants: 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 Adeline (post 1700) +

  • Virginia Adeline Woolf (1882-1941), English novelist, critic, and essayist, best known for novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928)
  • Louise Adeline Weitzel (1862-1934), American writer
  • Adeline Mesheski, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wisconsin, 1952
  • Adeline Trafton (1842-1920), birth name of Adeline Trafton Knox, an American author, daughter of Mark Tafton
  • Adeline McKinlay, American tennis player
  • Adeline L. Freedman, American Democratic Party politician, Presidential Elector for Massachusetts, 1972; Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Massachusetts, 1980 2


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 6) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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