Can't decide on spelling - Adelyn

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Registered: 01-14-2007
Can't decide on spelling - Adelyn
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Sun, 03-04-2007 - 1:54pm

We don't know the gender of the baby, but I really would like to name my girl Adelyn. I thought it was prounouced Add-ah-lynn. My mom thought it was pronouced Aid-Lynn. Can you please help determine which spelling looks best and won't confuse people on how to say it? I didn't put this as a poll because I was curious how you pronouced it when you saw the name and also if you have any other suggestions, I would love to hear them. Thanks!

Adelyn Rose
Addilyn Rose
Addelyn Rose
Adilyn Rose

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Registered: 01-12-2007
Sun, 03-04-2007 - 2:00pm

I think that I would have prn Adelyn - Addi-lynn. If you want the prn Add-ah-lynn (which is cute, btw) I would spell it:

Addalyn or Adalyn

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Registered: 12-09-2005
Sun, 03-04-2007 - 2:02pm

Definitely Adelyn, the others look silly and ruin a perfectly gorgeous name by making it appear trendy. Most people would pronounce it correctly.

-Nikki


                             
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Registered: 04-04-2003
Sun, 03-04-2007 - 2:03pm
I think Adelyn is just fine, certainly no one will get it wrong more than once. There are enough ppl out there using 'Madelyn' that I doubt it will be a problem.

 


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Registered: 06-14-2003
Sun, 03-04-2007 - 2:11pm
I like Adelyn Rose best. I think most people know the proper way to say it.
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Registered: 01-31-2007
Sun, 03-04-2007 - 3:00pm

I like "Addelyn Rose" the best. I also think "Addie" is a cute nn.
Miranda
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Registered: 03-01-2006
Sun, 03-04-2007 - 3:58pm

I would have pronounced Adelyn they same way you do. I like that spelling the best. Beautiful name btw. :)

KT

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Sun, 03-04-2007 - 5:26pm

I like the Adelyn spelling the best.

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Registered: 09-29-2005
Sun, 03-04-2007 - 7:19pm

Adelyn IS pronounced AD-e-lin, as you suspected(like Madelyn without the M ... a good association to help others remember the name if they do say it wrong ).

I actually can't imagine anyone messing that one up, though I know many will screw up even the simplest of names. ;) Definitely stick with the normal "Adelyn" spelling, however. FWIW, the Add- variations don't help with pronunciation at all, since the extra D appears to change it to ad-EE-lyn (like the nn Addie with -lyn tacked onto the end).

You may also like Adeline, which offers the pronunciation of your choice -- AD-e-line, ad-u-LEEN or even AD-e-lin (much like the -line in Caroline).

Related names include:

Ada
Adela
Adele/Adelle
Adelia
Adelina
Adelaide
Della

HTH


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Registered: 08-26-2006
Mon, 03-05-2007 - 12:51am

Adelyn Rose - great pick!

Good luck,
Brooke

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Registered: 12-08-2004
Mon, 03-05-2007 - 1:45am

I agree 100% with everything Nikki said. No offense to your mother, but I cannot imagine how in the world anyone could get AID-lynn out of Adelyn. I mean, if she saw Madelyn, would she pronounce it MAID-lynn? And as for the poster who said that she would have assumed "Addie-Lynn," I don't understand that, either. To me, Addilyn is MUCH more likely to garner that particular mispronunciation than Adelyn. And anyway, if I *heard* that your daughter's name was Adelyn, this is the spelling that I would assume.

Stick with the original spelling. I love this name, and to misspell it should be a crime. It's too great a name to ruin it like that.

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