Adeline

[jennyjenny11]

I currently expecting our second child and we have just found out that we are expecting a girl!

Adeline was on our list when we had our son three years ago but we went off it a bit at the beginning of this pregnancy. However since finding out she is a she I am considering it again!

What is the general feeling on this name?

Our son has a different but heard of name that is becoming more popular (I think it is in the top 400) and we want something similar for our daughter. I worry that, with the recent release of the film Age of Adaline, this name might boom in popularity and join the beautiful but overused ranks of Ellie, Ava, Evie etc...

We love the shortening Addie and our other names on the list at the moment are:

Juno
Etta
Delilah
Henrietta
Xanthe

Thank you in advance!

Love Adeline, actually heard it on TV (True Blood, the surviving Fae quadruplet was named this) and I loved it even in a thick Southern American accent not my favourite accent thanks to an Ex

It ticks so many boxes for me - pretty, unique without sounding made up or silly, options for shortening (Addie was my choice too) but OH wasn't keen so it didn't even make our list.

I still adore it though and much prefer it to any of your other names!

Adeline is a lovely name. Reminds me of a series of books I read as an early teenager - The Jalna/Whiteoak series written by Mazo de la Roche. The main character in the early books was called Adeline..

It is a nice name, but I'm not that keen simply because it's sounds like Add A Line. I think Adelina or Adelaide are nicer sounding for this reason. Addie is sweet.

I don't think Xanthe would naturally shorten, it's only two syllables as it is. I knew one and it was always Xanthe!

Aurelia is lovely, I would have used it myself but it is too close to a family member's name. Someone use it, please

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I know an Adelene. I like it.