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Adelaide

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peppapig3 · 23/05/2009 12:11

What do you think of this? I like it and like Addie for a nn.

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peppapig3 · 23/05/2009 15:16

I can see that it makes some of you think of the Aussie city but it's not the same as calling your child Darwin or Melbourne. Adelaide is a German name meaning noble. The city was named after a princess of that name rather than the other way around!

www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Adelaide

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Cadelaide · 23/05/2009 15:16

It's lovely, an old german name meaning "noble" (I think).

It's how I got my MN name, DP wouldn't have it for DC3 (who was a boy anyway).

sockmonster · 23/05/2009 15:13

I met an Adelaide (age 12) recently- it's OK I think it's the original form of Alice or something.
I wouldn't use it myself, people will assume she was conceived there!

DiamondHead · 23/05/2009 14:40

I quite like it.

Quattrocento · 23/05/2009 14:38

Melbourne (Mel or Melly)

ellingwoman · 23/05/2009 14:07

Brisbane (Brissy)
Darwin (Winnie)
Hobart (Bartie)
Canberra (Berry)

Must get off these threads I have an essay to write...

Quattrocento · 23/05/2009 14:05

Only if you call her siblings Perth and Sydney.

ninedragons · 23/05/2009 14:05

It's not like Dakota or Indiana, though. The city was named after the queen, not the other way around. It's like Victoria.

luvoneson · 23/05/2009 14:02

Adelaide is awful, sorry!

TabithaTwitchet · 23/05/2009 13:56

I'm never all that keen on names that are also place names.
But I quite like Adeleide anyway (although it makes me think of the character in Guys and Dolls)

ninedragons · 23/05/2009 13:52

I like it. I've never met one in real life so it's unusual without being stupid or kre8ive.

ellingwoman · 23/05/2009 13:43

If you like Addie just call her that. Adelaide is horrid.

ohdearwhatamess · 23/05/2009 13:37

Don't like, sorry

Thunderduck · 23/05/2009 13:27

A big no from me.

redsky · 23/05/2009 12:27

i love it! never met an adelaide but think it sounds very pretty and not at all chav - and addy too.

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