Adeline

[leoniethelioness]

What is the most common way to pronounce Adeline? I like it with a -line sound, like Caroline, rather than with a -leen sound, like Josephine or Emmeline, but I was wondering what's the most authentic and/or common way to say it in the UK. I appreciate that ad-eh-LEEN is the French/original pronunciation.

We really like Caroline but it derives from the same name as mine and I think that's bit naff?

Any ideas how Virginia Woolf said it? It was her first name.

Thanks!

[Sophronia]

I'd say it how you want it said, rhyming with Caroline.

[tsipka]

I've only heard it as you like it in the UK, too. It's pretty, isn't it?

[frenchfancy]

As the mother of an Adeline, it is pronounced like Josephine. I have never heard is pronounced otherwise.

Good name though!

[Iwonderif]

I like it both but I personally thought it was pronounced as in Caroline. It's a beautiful name. Good choice.

[Penfold007]

Adeline is pronounced just like Madeline but with out the M.

[DramaAlpaca]

I'd say it to rhyme with Caroline.

[Fridayschild5]

I work with an Adeline and people pronounce it Adelin.

[BendydickCuminsnatch]

I'd say Madeline without the M too.

[mydogeatsnutstoo]

I would pronounce Adeleen. I thought that was only pronunciation - although have only everr heard it said on an audio book I listened to once, can't remember title.

[reallybadidea]

The Adeline I know pronounces it Ad-a-line like Caroline

[EsmesBees]

Beautiful name. I'd pronounce it A-da-line like the song from Guys and Dolls.

[swancourt]

I know an Adeline whose mum changed the spelling to 'Adelene' because everybody was pronouncing it the Caroline way. So I think you're safe with that spelling.

[AprilShowers16]

Ooo I love this name, have been toying with Caroline in my head but Adeline is lovely too :) now to broach DH with both

[Mclaren37]

Yup to rhyme with Caroline. That's the way it is pronounced in the film Age of Adeline too, lovely film!

[HumbleCrumble]

Spelt that way, I would probably say it like Caroline.

I love the sound of Adelyn (to rhyme with Lynne), but the Adeline spelling looks so much prettier, so I could never use it because I would either dislike the spelling or the pronunciation.

[enderwoman]

There was a movie where Blake Lively played the character Adeline and the voice over rhymed it with line not leen.

[BuffaloCustardbath]

I would also say it rhyming with Caroline too. Lovely name.

[Raines100]

Love this name. Would rhyme it with Madeleine.

[Gummibears]

I'd probably pronounce Adeline Adeleen, but I'd definately pronounce Adelene that way.

[Lbhughes85]

Hello, I am having this conundrum now - love the name Adeline but not sure on whether to say 'line' or 'leen' or 'lyn'! Also like the shortened version of 'Adie' as in ay-dee'.

What did you go for in the end?

[JamieFrasersBigSwingingKilt]

It was my grandmother's name. She was born just before WW1 and it was pronounced like Madeleine without the M. If that's helpful.

[CakesOfVersailles]

As a child the first time I encountered the name was the author Adeline Yen Mah and I always thought it was pronounced Ad-uh-lynn (basically how I pronounce Madeline but without an 'M').

Like how this news presenter says it in the first 10 seconds of the video:

But then I saw a trailer for Age of Adeline and they were saying "ad-ah-line" (with the line like Caroline).

I have never met an Adeline in real life!

[LemonViolets]

I work with an Ad-ah-lynn.
I also know an Ad-ah-line.