Adeline

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What is the most common way to pronounce Adeline? I like it with a -line sound, like Caroline, rather than with a -leen sound, like Josephine or Emmeline, but I was wondering what's the most authentic and/or common way to say it in the UK. I appreciate that ad-eh-LEEN is the French/original pronunciation.

We really like Caroline but it derives from the same name as mine and I think that's bit naff?

Any ideas how Virginia Woolf said it? It was her first name.

Thanks!

I'd say it how you want it said, rhyming with Caroline.

I've only heard it as you like it in the UK, too. It's pretty, isn't it?

As the mother of an Adeline, it is pronounced like Josephine. I have never heard is pronounced otherwise.

Good name though!

I like it both but I personally thought it was pronounced as in Caroline. It's a beautiful name. Good choice.

Adeline is pronounced just like Madeline but with out the M.

I'd say it to rhyme with Caroline.

I work with an Adeline and people pronounce it Adelin.

I'd say Madeline without the M too.

I would pronounce Adeleen. I thought that was only pronunciation - although have only everr heard it said on an audio book I listened to once, can't remember title.

The Adeline I know pronounces it Ad-a-line like Caroline

Beautiful name. I'd pronounce it A-da-line like the song from Guys and Dolls.

I know an Adeline whose mum changed the spelling to 'Adelene' because everybody was pronouncing it the Caroline way. So I think you're safe with that spelling.

Ooo I love this name, have been toying with Caroline in my head but Adeline is lovely too :) now to broach DH with both

Yup to rhyme with Caroline. That's the way it is pronounced in the film Age of Adeline too, lovely film!

Spelt that way, I would probably say it like Caroline.

I love the sound of Adelyn (to rhyme with Lynne), but the Adeline spelling looks so much prettier, so I could never use it because I would either dislike the spelling or the pronunciation.

There was a movie where Blake Lively played the character Adeline and the voice over rhymed it with line not leen.

I would also say it rhyming with Caroline too. Lovely name.

Love this name. Would rhyme it with Madeleine.

I'd probably pronounce Adeline Adeleen, but I'd definately pronounce Adelene that way.

Hello, I am having this conundrum now - love the name Adeline but not sure on whether to say 'line' or 'leen' or 'lyn'! Also like the shortened version of 'Adie' as in ay-dee'.

What did you go for in the end?

It was my grandmother's name. She was born just before WW1 and it was pronounced like Madeleine without the M. If that's helpful.

As a child the first time I encountered the name was the author Adeline Yen Mah and I always thought it was pronounced Ad-uh-lynn (basically how I pronounce Madeline but without an 'M').

Like how this news presenter says it in the first 10 seconds of the video:

But then I saw a trailer for Age of Adeline and they were saying "ad-ah-line" (with the line like Caroline).

I have never met an Adeline in real life!

I work with an Ad-ah-lynn.
I also know an Ad-ah-line.