Adaline

Adaline is a softer, more lyrical relative of Adelaide and Adeline, all descended from the Germanic adal, "noble." It's the name of the old folk song Sweet Adeline sung in barbershop harmony for over a century, and got a fresh cinematic glow from the 2015 film The Age of Adaline. Currently at rank 194 in the U.S., it rides the resurgent wave of vintage girls' names with the ready-made nicknames Addie and Ada. Three gentle syllables, a name that ends on an open line as if waiting for a song. Adaline is soft-spoken, pretty without fuss, a little romantic by nature.