we need help with a girl's name.

[ulysses]

We're talking about trying to adopt again in another year or so, and Ms Uly thinks it'll be a girl this time. The name will hopefully integrate "Adeline", her grandmother's name, as either the first or middle.

Help!

[TK421]

1. I need to know the last name, so I can figure out how it sounds

and you can PM me if you want

[ulysses]

3. Carle

Silent "e".

[MissB]

2. "Sweet"

Obvious choice.

[ulysses]

4. LOL

Thanks, but no. :D

[TK421]

5. How about Bethany?

[ulysses]

9. not really "us".

anything else?

[Deja Q]

6. http://www.girlnames.com/

Thousands of names, for free! :D

50 most popular examples of "all time" are:

Mary
Patricia
Linda
Barbara
Elizabeth
Jennifer
Maria
Susan
Margaret
Dorothy
Lisa
Nancy
Karen
Marcia
Helen
Sandra
Donna
Carol
Ruth
Sharon
Michelle
Laura
Sarah
Kimberly
Deborah
Jessica
Shirley
Cynthia
Angela
Melissa
Brenda
Amy
Anna
Rebecca
Virginia
Kathleen
Pamela
Martha
Debra
Amanda
Stephanie
Carolyn
Christine
Marie
Janet
Catherine
Frances
Ann
Joyce
Diane

[wildhorses]

7. Adeline Denise Carle

:shrug:

[MissB]

8. Well, it almost has to end in a consonant.

Because it is hard to make a name (like Sara for instance) flow into a middle name that starts with a vowel.

But you don't like Sweet, so I got nuthin'. Funny how so many names end in a vowel.

[tonekat]

10. Interesting, some combinations are definitely more appealing.

In sound and the way they roll off the tongue.

For example, two names starting with "A" in consecutive order sound lyrical.

A name that begins with "S" from the list seems to work better as the first with "Adeline" as the middle name, than if the "S" name is the middle name.

There must be some permutation software that can give you all the possible combinations to say out loud to see if you like it.

[Nicole]

11. Adeline Rose

I have an aunt named Adeline Rose, I always thought it was a pretty name.

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. Suzanna

Heather
Elizabeth


Here's a site you may find interesting/helpful. It has baby names sorted by culture/origin, and includes the name meaning.
http://www.babynology.com/

[MaggieSwanson]

13. Sadie Adeline?

I like Adeline. It has a nice sound to it.

Good luck, and congrats!

-Maggie

[bluethruandthru]

14. Depends if you want a "girly" sounding name...

or more of a gender neutral name. Also, how do you feel about nicknames? Adeline as a first name could easily become Addy. I have two girls and when I named them, I wanted to make sure that, as grown ups, they could easily be Supreme Court justices and not be embarrassed by their names. For example, would you want a Justice Bambi Jones? :shrug:

[ulysses]

16. Ms Uly explicitly wants

to call her Addy. This may or may not work, of course. Personally, I like gender-neutral names for girls, although that's not an absolute - I've pushed for both Sarah and Leah.

[Kire]

17. You can be a supreme court justice with the name Addy.

It's got to be better than Condi

[bluethruandthru]

19. I agree!

I love the name Adeline...and Addy!

[OhioBlue]

15. hmm.. since Adeline is 3 syllables..

It might be good to pair with a single syllable name.

I like Grace Adeline

[ulysses]

18. the last name is single syllable, too.

2-3-1 combinations seem good to me.

[struggle4progress]

20. When she's a teenager, you'll probably wish you'd named her "Dementia"

[ulysses]

22. Pandora Adeline has a nice ring.

:D

[struggle4progress]

27. I once had a friend who swore he was going to change his last name ..

.. to Peters, so he could name his daughter Ophelia. His wife, however, never developed much enthusiastism for the whole idea, so his plan languished and withered, and his daughter, when born some many moons later, ended up with a very ordinary name. This was in Texas, years ago, and I've always suspected he was somewhat jealously motivated by the (true) story of Governor James Stephen Hogg, who rather gratuitously named his daughter Ima.

[tinfoil tiaras]

21. Harper Adeline?

I would love to have that name. Cause I'm a total TKAM geek. :blush:

When/if i have a son, I'm naming him Atticus.

Others? I like Zoe alot. But I don't know if it would go well with Adeline. I like Dylan too, for Bob Dylan, obviously.

[ulysses]

23. y'know...

My family would likely freak the hell out, but Harper could grow on me. I'd have to call her Scout, though. :)

[tinfoil tiaras]

24. Aawww

That would be so cute if you called her Scout! =)

Congrats and good luck with the name choosing! =D

[XemaSab]

34. I really like that

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. Adeline was my grandmother's name.

She was called Lina. Sadly, she died when my mother was just two, so I obviously never met her. And I have no clue what her middle name was.

Good luck with adoption # 2. Hope it goes more smoothly than adopting Chris.

:hi:

[ulysses]

29. hey!

Yes, I'm hoping it doesn't take another 3 1/2 years and another $30k the second time around. I know we won't be as desperate as we got as time wore on last time.

I've warmed to Adeline over time. It beats my maternal grandmother's name - Verna(!). My dad's mom was Mary, but every time we try to pair that with another name, it's too Catholic schoolgirl for some tastes. :D

:hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

31. I was a Catholic schoolgirl once...

and knew a girl with seven or eight girls in the family, and all were named Mary something-or-other. Mary Kate, Mary Beth, Mary Ann, etc. It was kinda bizarre.

[SoCalDem]

43. You could always use Adeline as the middle name

and could still nickname her Addie:)..Just make sure her first name does not end in an "a"..:)

I forgot your son's name.. perhaps you could name her something that sounds nice with his.. as in "My son .... and my daughter...."

I have always been partial to
Kathryn
Diane
Susan
Janet
Carolyn
Mary
Elizabeth


solid names that are never "out"..and sound just as nice for a Grannie as a baby :)

[ulysses]

45. that's been sort of the plan

although not set in stone. I like Kathryn, but Ms Uly (is she starting to sound picky here? ;-) ) fears "Kathy" greatly.

He's Christopher John. :)

[barb162]

36. My mom had an Aunt Adeline

so I can't think of the name without Aunt in front of it.

[amitten]

26. Toonces. n/t

[ulysses]

30. LOLOLOL!

[Control-Z]

28. All three of my kids have what people say are good names.

My son is Tice. My older daughter is Tara. But the name that everyone just really loves is my younger daughter's, Sage.

[qnr]

32. OT ... It never occurred to me that you gave someone a new name

when you adopted them. I guess it makes sense in many cases though.

[ulysses]

33. in open adoptions,

it's pretty common either for birthparents and adoptive parents to collaborate on names, or for birthparents to give a name with the understanding that the adoptive parents can change it at finalization, when a new birth certificate is issued. In Christopher's case, his birthparents actively refused to give him a name before we did - he was Baby Boy ________ officially until he became Christopher John.

[bicentennial_baby]

35. Adeline Maria

[ulysses]

37. I like it

but I know she'll veto - there's already a Maria on her side.

[BlueIris]

38. Lately, I've been hung up on the name Camille.

Don't know why, but in case you need it.

[Jamastiene]

39. I'm sorry, I forgot.

I'm not good with names. I remember her face ever so clearly though. :evilgrin:






















No, seriously, I have always loved the name Robin and also Deborah and Roxy and also Chrissy.

[wickerwoman]

40. What about Beatrice as a middle name?

It's my grandmother's name. Adeline Beatrice?

Or how about Penelope Adeline if you're a classicist?

[NewJeffCT]

41. Try the Social Security website

Get a list of the 1000 most popular, by sex and by year...

http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/babynames/

[jmm]

42. You could always give her my middle name

Addy Mae as a nice ring to it :D.

[Pool Hall Ace]

44. Adeline is a lovely name.

Adeline Meredith
Adeline Valerie
Adeline Faith
Adeline Joy
Adeline Francesca
Adeline Rosalie
Adeline Blythe
Adeline Grace
Adeline Doris
Adeline Jemma

[wildhorses]

46. what was the original Adeline's full name....

perhaps .....

[slide to the left]

47. grayce

or grace

I want to name my forst daughter madaline grayce or madaline joy

If you do joy her nickname can be AJ.