Adelheid
2025 SSA
About Adelheid
The ancient German name Adelheidis gave rise to both Adelaide and Adelheid. While Adelaide is more popular and better known internationally, Adelheid is still used occasionally in Germany, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia. The German pronunciation is not that different from Adelaide, with a soft h and a long I sound instead of a long A in the last syllable.
Heidi originated as a short form of Adelheid.
Pronounced AH-del-hite.
As of October 2026, Adelheid ranked #9466 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1353 in 1894.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Similar names
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- Clotilda
- Agathe
- Magdaleine
- Phyllida
- Felicienne
- Françoise
- Dorothée
- Franziska
- Benedicta
- Honorine
- Agneta
- Floria
- Filomena
- Magdala
- Leopoldine
- Birgitta
- Brunhilda
- Phillida
- Romola
- Benedetta
Adelheid on lists
Famous Adelheids
- (Adelheid) Emma Wilhelmina Theresia of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Queen consort of William III of the Netherlands
- Adelheid
Marie of Anhalt,Dessau, Grand Duchess consort of Adolphe of Luxembourg
- Adelheid Maria Josepha Sixta Antonia Roberta Ottonia Zita Charlotte Luise Immakulata Pia Theresia Beatrix Franziska Isabella Henriette Maximiliana Genoveva Ignatia Marcus d'Aviano
Archduchess of Austria, daughter of Charles I
- Adelheid
Princess of Hohenlohe,Langenburg, Duchess of Schleswig,Holstein, a niece of Queen Victoria
- Adelheid
Princess of Anhalt,Bernburg,Schaumburg,Hoym, Duchess Paul Frederick Augustus of Oldenburg
- Adelheid
Princess of Schaumburg,Lippe; Duchess of Schleswig,Holstein,Sonderburg,Glücksburg
- Adelheid Erna Karoline Marie Elisabeth
birth name of Princess Adelaide of Saxe,Meiningen; Princess Adalbert of Prussia
- Adelheid Franziska Marie Rainera Elisabeth Clotilde
birth name of Adelaide of Austria, Queen consort of Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia
- Adelheid of Wolfratshausen
Countess of Sulzbach
- Adelheid Amalie Gallitzin
wife of Prince Dmitri Gallitzin
- Adelheid Popp
Austrian feminist and socialist
- Adelheid Seeck
German actress
- Adelheid Arndt
German actress
- Adelheid Morath
German cyclist
- Sophie Amelie Adelheid Louise Johanne Leopoldine
birth name of Adelaide of Löwenstein,Wertheim,Rosenberg, Queen consort Miguel I of Portugal
Adelheid in pop culture
- Adelheid Bernstein
character in video game "The King of Fighters"
- Adelheid "Heidi
" title character in film and book by Johanna Spyri