Opaline
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in French: feminine singular of opalin
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɔpalin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Opaline is a given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in France.
- FRFrance
- CACanada
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Resembling opal in having a milky white iridescence.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.
How Opaline is read(measured from records)
Opaline is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French48%
feminine singular of opalin
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English44%
Resembling opal in having a milky white iridescence.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Opaline is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
English: a comparatively recent coinage; an elaboration of OPAL with the addition of - ine , a productive suffix of feminine names.
as a word
In Dutch, opal glass, opaline (type of opaque translucent glass)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Italian, feminine plural of opalino
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Opaline Deveraux Wadkinsb. 1912USAmerican nurse
- Opaline Meunierb. 1993BEBelgian politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1931 | 21 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1932 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1935 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1929 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1927 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1926 | 11 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1934 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1916 | 10 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1921 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1930 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1928 | 8 | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Opaline come from?
- Resembling opal in having a milky white iridescence. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Opaline?
- A machine transcription gives /ɔpalin/ (IPA) for French.
- What does the name Opaline mean?
- In French, feminine singular of opalin
- Is Opaline a male or female name?
- Opaline is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Opaline?
- In the etymology graph, Opal is a form of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Opaline have the most bearers?
- Opaline is most frequently recorded in France.
What do you want to know about Opaline?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/opalineThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Opaline”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.