Thoughts on Adeline?

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With Andy/Addie as a nn?

love it. Addie is super nice for like a less feminine name and like Adeline.

Like Adelaide as well

Love it although the fact there are two commonly used pronunciations wouldn’t bother me so it’s worth making sure you’d be ok with that

@Bumblebeesmum really? ‘Ada-Line’ to me, what is the other pronunciation?

There's a lovely song 'Sweet Adeline' :)

I love it. Makes me think of 'The age of Adeline' and who wouldn't want to be linked to Blake Lively?
Lovely name.

Adda-line
A-da-line
Adda-leen
A-da-leen
I think it’s a really nice name no matter how it is pronounced but it will be mis-pronounced. Love the nicknames.

I've never heard it before and assumed Addeh-leen. It's nice enough, I prefer Adelaide though.

Love it!

A beautiful name.

Love it beautiful name and I love Addie as nn. It was on our short list and is the only name apart from the one we chose I still love a decade later.

Ad-uh-line is how I've always heard it said. It's okay, but not my favourite kind of name.

Love it love it love it

Definitely a favorite of mine

DD2 is called Adeline, so obviously I'm biased and love it

It does get mispronounced a lot though "Add-a-leen" which I believe is the French pronunciation? And lots of people comment with "how unusual!" but she suits it, she's out Paddy Addy

Lovely 😊

Yep I think it's fab, uncommon and pretty

I wouldn't know if it were to be prounouncef Ada-Line or Ada-leen... but not a biggie. I like either.

Love Adalaide which was on our short list.

There's a grown up Adeline in my family, and she's awesome so I love it.

Virginia Woolf’s first name. What’s not to love?

Not keen, but clearly I'm in the minority here!

I love it but not keen on addie as a nickname as it sounds so American which kind of puts me off using it myself.

With the pronunciation points above I pronounce it like "adda-lyne" (this is after watching the film age of adeline with Blake lively :)

Wasn't this a character in that awful sitcom bread? Big hoop earrings and a perm?

Not real keen on Adeline. And I've come across 3 different pronunciations (though I like your pronunciation best) -' line' like mine, 'leen', 'luhn' often spelt Adelyn though I have seen Adeline pronounced more like Adelyn (mainly in the US).

I much prefer the beautiful Adelaide.

Love it, was on our shortlist for DC2 but we were planning on Ada as a shortening. Had a boy in the end though

I know a baby Adeline, lovely name. Still unusual, but potentially gaining in popularity!

Adeline rhyming with rhyme = popular in US
Adeline rhyming with seen = popular in French
I believe the US is more common here but not sure - I think both are sweet & I'm not someone it would bother but I know lots get really frustrated by pronunciation issues

I love it - great name :)