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Gender Feminine
Usage Medieval French, Anglo-Norman, French, Haitian Creole
Other Forms FormsEdelina
Meaning & History
Old French variant of Adelina. It was borne by Edeline Thwenge, a 14th-century heiress of Ripley Castle in North Yorkshire, England. The Edeline Islands of Western Australia are named for Lady Edeline Sackville-West (1870-1918), the wife of Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland.