Given name
Aldine
“long-lived, old; wise; an elder”
Aldine is a variant of Alda. One German and Spanish interpretation is “long-lived, old; wise; an elder.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aldine is a variant of Alda. One German and Spanish interpretation is “long-lived, old; wise; an elder.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aldine is a variant of Alda. Alda has been associated with German and Spanish naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aldine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 962
- 158 boys · 804 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 310 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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