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Could I call my daughter Ada Adams

111 replies

FlamingoPrincess1977 · 13/08/2023 14:52

Just that really
would I be bonkers.
Already got a DD with another “A” name alliteration pretty cool but not sure if ada adams is a bit much

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Forgoodnesssakewhatnow · 14/08/2023 09:26

I really like it.

Mummy2C · 14/08/2023 09:25

If you like the name go with it. She may one day change her sir name. You could include a middle name too.

Bluejaybean · 14/08/2023 08:30

I like the double A but Ada Adams is too much because the first 3 letters are the same.

What about Annie or Ava?

clpsmum · 14/08/2023 08:07

I love it

Icycloud · 14/08/2023 07:34

It’s too much

CurlewKate · 14/08/2023 07:33

Adams-Smith or Smith-Adams both work well as hyphenated names. Just saying.....

lottiegarbanzo · 14/08/2023 06:57

So many of your names end with an 'a' and that just won't work.

You need a first name ending with a consonant sound, ideally.

Having said that, Edie Adams is ok. Whereas Astrid Adams has too much repetition and would sound like Astrih Dadams.

lottiegarbanzo · 14/08/2023 06:52

Adele, Adelaide or Adrienne as middle names would work e.g. 'Maisie Adelaide Adams'.

Will vowel running into vowel of a...A though, people will insert another sound between, mostly an R. Ader Adams.

But AA initials? Well, um 'alky' and 'battery' come to mind as potential nns.

Dotcheck · 14/08/2023 06:52

I actually like it. The A’s sound different enough ( A da Ahdams )
I think Ada Smith( as a middle name) Adams would sound fabulous

Hankthehonk · 14/08/2023 06:48

What about Adrienne? And you could call her Ada as a nickname, but the full name sounds better with Adams

RubiesandRose · 14/08/2023 06:47

Edie Adams is lovely

Daffodilwoman · 14/08/2023 06:44

By the way nothing wrong with alliterative names but not vowel heavy, doesn’t sound good.

Daffodilwoman · 14/08/2023 06:43

I knew an Adams family and both their children had awkward sounding names. Both first names ended with the letter A. I don’t think a name ending in the letter A works. It just rolls into one name so people will call her Adarradams all in one go.
Chose something else.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 13/08/2023 23:33

Great name imo, really stands out (in a good way)! I love alliterative or assonant names though so may be biased. Ada Adams looks cool, but since it's pronounced "Ay-dah" rather than "Add-ah", it's hardly too soundalike/tongue-twisty.

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FlamingoPrincess1977 · 13/08/2023 23:25

Thanks all.
lots to ponder. I’ve liked Ada since long before I knew the children would be “adams” I’d always imagined them having my name or double barrelled (I’m a smith)
other options
jessica
aiofe
alexandra
edie
ida
eilidh
Maeve
astrid

Middle names
zara or
zita

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PurpleButterflyWings · 13/08/2023 22:26

No.

letsdonextweek · 13/08/2023 22:25

I wouldn't.

Although I do know a James Jameson

ProfessorInkling · 13/08/2023 21:59

I love it.

Kattya · 13/08/2023 21:45

I love it I would go for it

HoliHormonalTigerLillyTheSecond · 13/08/2023 21:42

Or how about Wednesday?

Tiespin · 13/08/2023 20:56

It's great

HalloumiLuvver · 13/08/2023 20:56

DigbyTheDigger · 13/08/2023 17:04

The two a’s in the middle run together in a really clunky way.

I agree, it just sounds awkward. And that you were too lazy to think of another name.

I'd go completely different - away from the alliterative altogether, especially if you already have one. Patterns of names for siblings always makes me think the parents want cutesy matching sets rather than individual, unique characters in their children.

continentallentil · 13/08/2023 20:54

I think it’s ok.

HalloumiLuvver · 13/08/2023 20:54

Tanya1984 · 13/08/2023 16:59

Love it

You can call your baby whatever you want as it's your baby. Groups like this will be full of unsolicited opinions and different tastes too.

No one likes what we just called our son but he's not their son and it's not their decision x

How can the opinions be "unsolicited" when she's literally asking for opinions on a baby name thread ConfusedHmm duh!

WildCherryBlossom · 13/08/2023 20:51

I like it