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Adelaide (Heidi)

35 replies

nevergoogle · 13/10/2013 15:42

This name has come up today prompted by 9 year old DS.

It's in the family tree (MIL's mothers middle name)
And we kind of like it and it goes great with out surname.

What's the MN feeling on Adelaide / Adelheid / Heidi ?

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RaRa1988 · 15/10/2013 12:30

I prefer Heidi to Adelaide - but I think I'm in the minority there!

squoosh · 15/10/2013 12:36

Adelaide screams hoity toity Victorian maiden Aunt to me.

Heidi is a bit 70s.

Adelheid - ugly, sounds Wagnerian.

BehindLockNumberNine · 15/10/2013 12:40

I adore Adelaide, nn Addie.
I don't like Heidi is a nn for Adelaide.
If you want to call her Heidi, call her Heidi!
Adelheid is awful.

BehindLockNumberNine · 15/10/2013 12:40

I don't like Heide as a ect..

nevergoogle · 19/10/2013 14:43

Adelaide is growing on me more and more.
Is the general mn concensus that Adelaide good, heidi bad.

I like Adelaide, but am worried it might be too marmite for 'other people'.

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Thants · 19/10/2013 14:46

Heidi is a lovely name. I would use it if it weren't my cousins name.

singaporeswing · 19/10/2013 14:51

Adelaide is such a beautiful name, absolutely love it.

Please use it, DP is Aussie so will never let me use it!

Frontdoorstep · 19/10/2013 18:36

Adelaide just reminds me of an Australian city, people might think you have connections to that place, nothing wrong with that really, think it would grow on me tbh if I knew someone with the name.

I like Heidi.

Frontdoorstep · 19/10/2013 18:37

Adelaide just reminds me of an Australian city, people might think you have connections to that place, nothing wrong with that really, think it would grow on me tbh if I knew someone with the name.

I like Heidi.

Norfolknway · 20/10/2013 23:13

Heidi is a gorgeous name :)

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