Adeline?

[busybee87]

So I've posted a couple of threads recently. Originally thinking of a naming our DD something classic like Emily or Alice which are both lovely, but seems a shame to use something so popular when there are so many lovely names out there.

I love Beatrix but my DH has firmly vetoed it.

We've come across the name Adeline and both kind of love it. Nickname could be Ada or Addie. Any thoughts? She would be Adeline Freda. Seems to be an old fashioned name but not too popular?

Adeline is lovely. Adalet - similar, could be used with those nicknames, and I think is very lovely - may be less likely to be mispronounced.

I like it, I'd say it Ah-deh-line if that makes sense

I love it and probably would have used it if ds had been dd.

It's lovely.

I love it!! Was on my list too!

It's on my list too, which is why I'm thinking it's not that unusual. I like the idea of the name being unusual enough that DC would be the only one in their class with that name and no one else we know has it

But we don't know what the other children in our child's class will be called so that's not the only factor of course

It's lovely but my instinct would be to pronounce it as Ad - eh -line (like the Age of Adaline film or like the English pronunciation of Caroline). Also "Ad - eh - leen Free -da" has a lot of "e" sounds so I think the more common Adeline pronunciation works better in this case. But Adeline Freda is very pretty anyway and Ada and Addie nice nn's.

Oh sorry I misunderstood, you want it pronounced like Caroline - that's fine then, I think the majority of people would.

Love it! Makes me think of the Whiteoak/Jalna novels by Mazo de la Roche.
Would automatically pronounce as Adahleen though.

Beautiful name

Love it! We have an Adelina in the family and Adelaide was on our list until she came along! Ada Freda seems a bit much but I spose that’s not much of an issue if she’s Adeline officially.

There's an Adalind character in TV series Grimm... Was first time I'd heard that.. That's very similar.

Lovely and unusual

I also like Adelaide

Thanks all. Doesn't sound too 'American'? Always thought we would pick a classic, English name..

There was a thread very recently about this name where the kids got called Aladdin and Anadin lol.

While it's more popular in some regions of the US than the UK in recent years, I don't associate Adeline with being American at all (being from Midwest US).

It's a good choice!

I like it & love the nn Ada - DS was going to be called that if he'd been a girl. I'd say adda-line too.

My DD is 'Adalyn:. Pronounced ad-a-lin. Adaline was my original choice but DH didn't like it.
I love it. It sounds sweet but will grow with her. People call her Addy as a nickname. It's not mispronounced often - people call her Adaline if they do! They mispronounce my DS's common name & get mine all sorts of wrong so it's going to happen anyway.

I have discovered it's getting more popular though. I thought I was being cleverly original but have met a few girls the same age now (DD is 4).

I don't know the bread thing - were in Australia so haven't heard of it.

The character in Bread wasn’t called Adeline, she was Aveline.

I wouldn't know if it was Linn, Lyne or Leen. Tbh I'm even more confused after reading this thread, as all three pronunciations seem to be in use.
Addie makes sense as a nickname, Ada less so as there's no "ay" sound in Adeline so I doubt it would actually stick. What about Ada as a full name - at least it's more straightforward?

Adeline Freda sounds perfect

I agree there's a lot of confusion about pronunciation on here which is putting me off a fair bit!

It's a sweet name.