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I love it! I've loved Abilene for some time but have always been apprehensive because of it's "place name-ness." I was really happy to discover Aveline as an alternative.

It's a great name for a Dragon Age 2 character, and I have added it to my name list as a result.

Aveline is alright, though nothing really special imo. I think people are drawn to Ava because it's short, sweet and while feminine, still spunky.

I think it's beautiful, but that the reason it hasn't become more popular is because of the -leen sound, which isn't trendy at the moment.

It's gorgeous. I'd say that it hasn't become popular because it's obscure, and the beginning doesn't sound enough like Ava for it to be that obvious as an alternative to it.

I love Aveline! It used to be in my top 10, actually - I pronounce it AV-uh-leen (short 'a' in the beginning). I wonder why it hasn't caught on with Ava myself... perhaps because the name itself is very old, and not many people may have heard of it outside of BtN and Dragon Age players (I first heard it in the second game). :-)

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This message was edited 8/19/2011, 5:13 PM

I think Aveline is very pretty. I really like it. However, I don't know if I like it enough to use it, mostly because aveline is a word in French (hazelnut). It's not a word I hear every day or anything, but I know some people, namely my grandmother, would think I'm crazy, lol.

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As for the name's lack of popularity, where I live at least, names that end in "-ine" are generally nicknames (ex. Angeline or Nicoline), so a few people may feel that it seems incomplete or too "nickname-y".

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Pronunciation could also be an issue, but it's not like Ava is fool-proof in that sense either. I do know an Ava who pronounces it ah-vah.

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Also, just like Adeline, Aveline can be pronounced two ways: av-uh-LEEN or AV-uh-lien. I greatly prefer av-uh-LEEN.

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I've never really thought about Aveline, but I don't like it much. It reminds me of a prescription drug name for some reason; I don't know why. There are many similar names, such as Evelina and Emmeline, that I like quite a bit and don't give me the same mental image.

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I think one factor holding Aveline back is that, for a relatively short name made up of common elements, the pronunciation is quite ambiguous. Looking at it, I don't know if it's -line or -leen or even how that first A is pronounced. For that matter, is the middle E an 'uh' sound or more like the long A sound in Ave Maria? Until I looked it up, I didn't know. It seems like Ava lovers go for something more straight forward when they pick a longer Ava- name, like Avalon or Avalyn.

I kind of like it. It's a bit of a mouthful, and a little pretentious though. I think it would depend on the person's personality who was bearing the name, to determine what I really think of it. How are you pronouncing it? I go back and forth between pronouncing it av-a-LEEN and av-a-LYNE.

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As far as it not becoming more popular, like Ava, I think it's because it is very classic sounding and long. Ava is classic as well, but not as long. I'm surprised that names like Avalyn or Avelyn aren't more popular but as far as Aveline goes...it carries a certain class to it that most parents these days aren't really into. A lot of parents like their kids to have unique names, but usually not "classy", old-fashioned, unique names.

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That being said, I feel like the name Abigail is in the same boat as Aveline and Abigail is very popular now...I'll never understand that one. Maybe because of the young actress Abigail Breslin?

I want to like Aveline, really I do. But I can't help but think of products like Vaselin and Valvoline. I should do that with Eveline too, but for some reason changing one vowel sound is enough to do the trick. So being lazy, I stick with Eveline.

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I'm not sure why Aveline hasn't caught on. There are many names like that. With the popularity of "El-" names I thought it was bound to be Elsa / Elsie's turn to shine. Alas.

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Perhaps it's the uncertainty about the pronunciation. I can see some people saying "-leen" and others saying, "-line." Is the first syllable a long "a" as in Ava, or a short one as in Avril / Averill? I confess I've never heard it before so I'll take your word that it's a long "a."

This message was edited 8/19/2011, 12:20 PM