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Adelheid

Meaning — A Germanic feminine name composed of "adal" meaning "noble" and "heid" meaning "kind", "type", or "appearance" — thus "of noble kind" or "noble type". It is the original Germanic form of the name that became Adelaide in French and English. The name was borne by Saint Adelaide of Italy (931–999), Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, and by Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Queen consort of William IV of Britain.·Old High German origin·Female·AH-del-hyte

Adelheid Adelheid carries the full prestige of the medieval German aristocratic tradition — it is a name of empresses and saints, combining birth-rank with personal virtue in a way that suggests someone for whom nobility is a moral obligation as much as a social fact. Characters named Adelheid suit the highest level of Germanic historical fiction, from Ottonian imperial courts to the declining aristocracy of 19th-century Austrian novels.

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Historical FictionPeriod DramaLiterary FictionFantasy

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AdelheidAdelaideAdelaAda

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Adelheid von Sachsen-MeiningenAdelheid von HabsburgAdelheid SchreiberAdelheid BraunAdelheid FaberAdelheid Ritter

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