Adelarde as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Adelarde

What is the meaning of the name Adelarde ?

The baby name Adelarde is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced AD-ə-lard (AD-uh-lard); IPA: /ˈædəˌlɑrd/.

Adelarde is English, Germanic in Origin.

Adelarde is a rare medieval masculine name related to Adelard, ultimately from the Continental Germanic Adalhard (adal “noble” + hardu “strong, brave”). The sense is “noble and steadfast,” or “nobly strong.” Through Frankish and Norman channels the name reached medieval France and England, where spellings fluctuated, occasionally showing the terminal -e seen in Adelarde.

Records show use among clerics and laymen in the High Middle Ages; the best-known bearer is the 12th-century English scholar Adelard of Bath (Latin Adelardus). Later, the accented French form Adélard found notable currency in Quebec in the 19th–20th centuries (e.g., premier Adélard Godbout). International variants and cognates include Adelard/Adélard (French/English), Adalhard (Germanic), Edelhard (German), Adelardo (Spanish, Portuguese, Italian), and the Old English cognate Æthelheard. Feminine medieval forms such as Adelarda or Adelharda occur in Latinized records. Today Adelarde remains extremely uncommon, lending an archaic, dignified tone.