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Adeline

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Cake0rdeath · 30/07/2015 13:44

Asked DS (5) what he wanted to call his baby sister and he comes up with Adeline (pronounced A-duh-line). Have NO idea where it's from. Asked him to repeat it in case i'd misheard or he meant to say something else but he just said it again.

I actually really like it but would have gone for something "classic". Would she hate me for it when she's 15??

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TheDowagerCuntess · 31/07/2015 03:28

It's lovely. And sooo much nicer thanks Adelaide. I'm Antipodean, and so to me,the association is entirely 'Australian city', and not 'queen consort'.

cruikshank · 31/07/2015 02:28

Ach, ignore me, that was Aveline. Just googled.

cruikshank · 31/07/2015 02:26

Wasn't it the name of a character in 'classic' Hmm Carla Lane comedy Bread? I seem to remember lots of 'Our Adeline'

Quasilulu · 31/07/2015 02:15

Beautiful.

travertine · 30/07/2015 23:04

I think it's lovely, never heard it before.

MrsBungle · 30/07/2015 23:04

I quite like it and it's a much better suggestion than when I asked dd what I should name the new baby and she said toucan or palm tree

Spydra · 30/07/2015 23:03

love it.

Sophronia · 30/07/2015 23:02

Adeline is a lovely name

UrethraFranklin1 · 30/07/2015 22:29

Can't get more traditional than Adeline. Adeline/Adelaide/Adela has been around more than a thousand years, once very popular amongst the royals, from the house of Wessex onwards.

MrsMarigold · 30/07/2015 18:31

Lovely

itfcbabe · 30/07/2015 17:52

Love the name Adeline its on my shortlist if i ever have another girl

ashesandfire · 30/07/2015 13:54

I don't really like it, but I LOVE Adelaide and Madeleine.
Wasn't there a film out lately called 'the age of Adeline ' or something? Not that I'm suggesting that's where your DS got it from, but I wonder whether Adeline isn't going to be as unusual as you may think

JaWellNoFine · 30/07/2015 13:47

I like the name.

Watch Grimm...

RiverTam · 30/07/2015 13:45

I think it's quite cool.

RiverTam · 30/07/2015 13:45

It's the big sister in The Black Dog picture book, that's my guess.