Adelinde

Adelinde is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

The old German first name Adelinde is made up of the Old High German adal "noble, noble" and lind "gentle, mild". The second component can also be influenced by the Old High German linta "shield made of linden wood".

name day

As a name day is on August 28 celebrated. This is the day of remembrance of the founder of the monastery, Adelindis von Buchau.

variants

Variants are Adelind, Adelinda, Adelindis, Alinda , Edelinde and Edlinde.

Well-known namesake

Adelindis von Buchau (* around 770), founder of the Buchau women's monastery
Adelindis von Buchau (abbess) († 901), the second abbess of the Buchau women's monastery
Adelinde Cornelissen (* 1979), Dutch dressage rider

Individual evidence

↑ Wilfried Seibicke: First names . German language publisher. Wiesbaden 1977. ISBN 388228000X
↑ Duden: The large first name dictionary . 3. Edition. Mannheim 2007. ISBN 9783411060832
↑ http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienA/Adelindis_von_Buchau.htm

[1] Wilfried Seibicke: First names . German language publisher. Wiesbaden 1977. ISBN 388228000X

[2] Duden: The large first name dictionary . 3. Edition. Mannheim 2007. ISBN 9783411060832

[3] ttp://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienA/Adelindis_von_Buchau.htm