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Okay, I guess I fell in love with Adeline a little bit. Especially now that it is at its trendiest :( It entered the top 100 in 2016 and it made quite a big jump up the list.
I just read this blog and if you combine all spellings it is at #4 :O http://namenerds.blogspot.de/2017/05/2016-girls-names-usa.html
I am not sure whether I would put Adeline with Adalynn, Adelyn and the like. I think I would pronounce Adeline as AD-eh-line in English and ah-deh-LEEN in French.
Do you think many parents these days pronounce Adeline and Adelyn etc. the same? I think this might be the case because Adeline made a huge jump up the charts and I guess the -lynn ending would appeal to modern parents a lot more than -line and especially -leen which is still perceived as a bit dated (Darlene, Maureen, Eileen etc). Madeline is also often pronounced as -lyn. So basically I am wondering whether the -lynn pronunciation will become the most popular one and whether it is seen as a less trendy looking spelling to get Adelynn etc. Because it seems a bit odd that Adeline suddenly made a huge jump up and Adelynn etc. went down.
There was a movie released with a main character named Adaline (pr. LINE) so maybe I am wrong and people do pronounce -LINE and the movie caused its success? But why is Adelynn going down? Do people suddenly prefer the -LINE sound?
How would you pronounce it? Do you like the name? How common can you see it getting? Any images/persons/associations/looks/character traits you associate with it?
Just tell me anything you think of when you hear Adeline!
:)
I just read this blog and if you combine all spellings it is at #4 :O http://namenerds.blogspot.de/2017/05/2016-girls-names-usa.html
I am not sure whether I would put Adeline with Adalynn, Adelyn and the like. I think I would pronounce Adeline as AD-eh-line in English and ah-deh-LEEN in French.
Do you think many parents these days pronounce Adeline and Adelyn etc. the same? I think this might be the case because Adeline made a huge jump up the charts and I guess the -lynn ending would appeal to modern parents a lot more than -line and especially -leen which is still perceived as a bit dated (Darlene, Maureen, Eileen etc). Madeline is also often pronounced as -lyn. So basically I am wondering whether the -lynn pronunciation will become the most popular one and whether it is seen as a less trendy looking spelling to get Adelynn etc. Because it seems a bit odd that Adeline suddenly made a huge jump up and Adelynn etc. went down.
There was a movie released with a main character named Adaline (pr. LINE) so maybe I am wrong and people do pronounce -LINE and the movie caused its success? But why is Adelynn going down? Do people suddenly prefer the -LINE sound?
How would you pronounce it? Do you like the name? How common can you see it getting? Any images/persons/associations/looks/character traits you associate with it?
Just tell me anything you think of when you hear Adeline!
:)
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I would pronounce Adeline the way you do, "AD-uh-line" in English (default pronunciation for me) and "ad-uh-LEEN" in French.
Adelyn looks like an over-the-counter medication to me. My brain won't let it be a variant of "Sweet Adeline." Adalynn I thought was more like Ada + Lynn, but maybe it's closer to Adelyn.
The old barbershop quartet standard, "Sweet Adeline" is what I think of when I see / hear it. So cute. :0)
Adelyn looks like an over-the-counter medication to me. My brain won't let it be a variant of "Sweet Adeline." Adalynn I thought was more like Ada + Lynn, but maybe it's closer to Adelyn.
The old barbershop quartet standard, "Sweet Adeline" is what I think of when I see / hear it. So cute. :0)
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