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Aleydis
by shangrila_la
8/24/2005, 10:39 AM
Does anybody have any information on this unique name? I believe it is a form of Alice and Adelaide but I would like to know if anyone else knows something different. I have also read that it was German OR Spanish. Also, how is this name prn.?
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- Satu (_satu_)
8/24/2005, 9:28 PM
Hi shangrila_la,Aleydis is a form of Adelheid (English form: Adelaide). When Adelheit got latinized, it became Adalheidis, and the contracted form is Aleidis (variant spelling: Aleydis). It could have happened the other way round as well: Aleid is a Low German short form of Adelheid. The latinized form of Aleid is Aleidis (variant spelling: Aleydis).The German pronunciation is: ah-LIE-dis./ Satuhttp://www.nordicnames.de/
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- Sevinkei   +4
8/24/2005, 11:57 AM
That name does look to me like a form of Adelaide (and aaaaall the other variants, hehe), though it's one I don't believe I've seen before. I would pronounce it as it's spelled...
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- Sera M.   +3
8/24/2005, 5:48 PM
It's in Girl With A Pearl Earring. I kind of lined it up with Alexis and Alexander/dra myself, though it could also be Adelaide it's related to...
A is for Amy who fell down the stairs, B is for Basil assaulted by bears, C is for Clara who wasted away, D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh... !!!!!!!!!! - Tobias, Jesse, Wyatt, Shane, Preston, Maverick, Rebel, Gibson, Shiloh, and Timber... & - Andy
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- Chrisell   +2
8/24/2005, 5:56 PM
I would be inclined to link it with Adelaide if it's a variation of a more common name, however I'd look first at a Scandinavian derivation, given the 'dis' ending (c/f Eydis, Vigdis, Tordis et al).
♦ Chrisell ♦All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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- Satu (_satu_)   +1
8/24/2005, 9:36 PM
not -dis but -is ;-)Hi Chrisell,In this case, it is no 'dis'-ending but an 'is'-ending as it is a Latinized form of Adelheid or Aleid.There are many Scandinavian names with a 'dis'-ending which look quite similar, but which are not related to Aleydis, e.g. Adis, Agdis, Aldis, Alfdis, Alvdis, Ardis, Arndis, Asdis./ Satuhttp://www.nordicnames.de/
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- Chrisell
8/24/2005, 10:00 PM
Fair enough. I was halfway there! :-D
♦ Chrisell ♦All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. - J.R.R. Tolkien.

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