Aline
Barely over a hundred women in Poland carry it, few enough that most people here have never met one. A French name from the Latin for "noble," a short form of Adeline.
Aline Pronunciation
Aline is pronounced ah-LEE-ne (/aˈlinɛ/).
What Aline means
Where Aline comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Aline comes into French from a Latin root, and it means noble. It started as a short form of Adeline, clipped down until only the lighter shape remained. The trimming happened early, and Aline soon stopped leaning on its longer parent.
The sense of noble follows the name's Latin line, and French speakers have worn it lightly, as a grace rather than a rank. Put the name on a Polish class register and Aline reads as foreign and soft, an import with no saint standing behind it. The meaning is noble.
In 1965 the French singer Christophe recorded a song called "Aline", a ballad about a love drawn in the sand, and it sold across Europe for decades. For many French listeners the name and that melody grew together. Behind both stands Adeline, and behind Adeline, the old sense the name still keeps: noble.
How many people are named Aline
1 in 194343 women in Poland is named Aline. 116 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3135 among female names.
Aline as a middle name
Aline is a first name for 116 women in Poland and a middle name for another 27, an 81/19 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1363rd, between Silvina (28) and Allison (27).
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#1361 Sila28
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#1362 Silvina28
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#1363 Aline27
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#1364 Allison27
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#1365 April27