Fun Facts About the Name Adelena
- 390 babies named Adelena: U.S. records list 390 babies given the name Adelena from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Adelena Mean?
Adelena is a variant of the female name Adelina, which is a diminutive of the Germanic name Adela. Adela comes from the Germanic element adal (recorded in older texts as aþal), meaning "noble." That same element is the first part of compound names such as Adelaide, from Adalheidis, "noble kind." The -ina of Adelina is a diminutive suffix, so the name was literally something like "little noble one," while its customary meaning is simply "noble." Adelena replaces -ina with the related feminine ending -ena.
Adelena Name History & Origins
Adela was a Germanic name spread through medieval Europe by Frankish and other Germanic-speaking peoples, and it was especially common in noble families. Adela of Normandy, a daughter of William the Conqueror who died in 1137, is one well-documented bearer; Adela, an eighth-century Frankish abbess of Pfalzel, is venerated as a saint.
The diminutive Adelina took shape in the Romance languages, above all Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, where -ina commonly forms affectionate or smaller versions of a name. A closely related French form, Adeline, entered English use by way of Adèle. Adelena belongs to the same family of names and uses the -ena ending also found in names such as Helena and Milena. The Germanic root is the language of origin; the name itself is used today chiefly in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and English-speaking countries.
How Popular is the Name Adelena?
Adelena has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2016. Its best rank was #3,245 in 1918.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,728 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2024 | #6,912 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #5,795 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2021 | #6,172 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2020 | #7,970 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #7,346 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2018 | #6,524 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #6,810 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #4,345 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 2015 | #5,836 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #6,994 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #11,015 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #5,896 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2011 | #8,203 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2010 | #7,887 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2009 | #7,686 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2008 | #8,535 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2007 | #10,137 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #13,031 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #10,703 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #13,614 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #12,703 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1998 | #14,146 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #13,750 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1918 | #3,245 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1916 | #4,420 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1915 | #4,280 | 5 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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