Adélie - Name Meaning and Origin

The girl's name Adélie \a-dé-lie\. French elaboration of Adele. Adélie Land in Antartica was named in 1840 by the French explorer Jules Dumont D'urville in honor of his wife; the Adélie penguin is so named because it breeds on that coastline.

Adélie has 1 variant form: Adelie.

Baby names that sound like Adélie are Adalie, Adalia, Adali, Adalee, Adelle, Adelia, Edelie and Atalie.

Adélie is a very rare female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Adélie. Click here to compare Adélie with related baby names.