WDYT?

adharper2615

Even though SO still doesn't like either, I'm trying to get him to come around on one of these 2 girls names.  Do you like either or which do you prefer?

 

Adalynn (Add-A-Lynn) Mary M.

Emilynn (Em-A-Lynn) Jane M.

 

Open to suggestions for MNs too!  Thanks ladies...

hollybabe

They sound kind of made up to me, but that may just be because I have never heard them before.  I think I like Adalynn better.

adharper2615

hollybabe:

They sound kind of made up to me, but that may just be because I have never heard them before.  I think I like Adalynn better.

 

Well, Adalynn came from really liking the name Madalynn but not wanting it to be to sing-songy with the last name, which starts with a M also.  I don't remember where I heard Emilynn before...

longhorn14

I like Adalynn better, but what about Emmeline (I think pronounced Emma-leen but could be pronounced Emma-lynn, not sure). It's less thought of to be "made up" and still close to the names you suggested.

Have you looked into other -line (Evangeline, to name another) ending names?

ETA: Sorry, you asked for MNs, not FN suggestions. Are you leaning more towards one syllable MNs? 

adharper2615

longhorn14:

I like Adalynn better, but what about Emmeline (I think pronounced Emma-leen but could be pronounced Emma-lynn, not sure). It's less thought of to be "made up" and still close to the names you suggested.

Have you looked into other -line (Evangeline, to name another) ending names?

 

The only other (Lynn-Linesque) name I've really thought about was Gwendolyn Mary. 

LMS05

fredalina:

They both sound very made up.? NMS, sorry.

I agree?

beckys96

Adalynn (Add-A-Lynn) Mary M

adharper2615

To me "made up" means "unique" so i don't mind it.  When I first read the name Emilynn I wasn't sold on it.  Then I said it aloud and it really sounded pleasant to me. 

katie6688

They seem a little trendy, (not a bad thing) but I like Emilynn better.

longhorn14

I like Gwendolyn the best. For MNs, what about Paige or Claire? I think both sound nice with your name choices.

AllThatGlitters101

Adalynn is cute, but remember the huge amount of young girls already named Adalynn, Adeline, Addison, and Madeline (and its 10,000 spellings). At this point, it really is not a unique name...at all. Your spelling is just different.

I like the name Emalynn, or Emmalynn, or even Emmaline, but the spelling of Emilynn looks like a horrible misspelling, or drunk typing of Emily + nn.

adharper2615

AllThatGlitters101:

Adalynn is cute, but remember the huge amount of young girls already named Adalynn, Adeline, Addison, and Madeline (and its 10,000 spellings). At this point, it really is not a unique name...at all. Your spelling is just different.

I like the name Emalynn, or Emmalynn, or even Emmaline, but the spelling of Emilynn looks like a horrible misspelling, or drunk typing of Emily + nn.

 

I don't know what Addison has to do with Adalynn.  I do like Adelaide as well but I think I'm stuck on the Lynn-Line ending.

Hahaha...nice drunk typing reference.

adharper2615

longhorn14:

I like Gwendolyn the best. For MNs, what about Paige or Claire? I think both sound nice with your name choices.

 

Gwendolyn is on the list that SO and I agree on.  The other 2 aren't but I'm trying to sway him to put in more consideration.  I don't really care for Paige that much but Claire is cute.  Mary comes from my late Grandma and was hoping to be able to use it if I found it fitting with the first name we decide on.  It's just been pretty hard to fit it with everything I do like.

AllThatGlitters101

I bring up Addison because a common nn for Addison is Addy. A common nn for Adaline, Adalyn and such is Addy.

adharper2615

I see, I see.  I would prefer for people to not call my child by nn's but by their proper name, though, whatever it may be!

longhorn14

adharper2615:

longhorn14:

I like Gwendolyn the best. For MNs, what about Paige or Claire? I think both sound nice with your name choices.

 

Gwendolyn is on the list that SO and I agree on.  The other 2 aren't but I'm trying to sway him to put in more consideration.  I don't really care for Paige that much but Claire is cute.  Mary comes from my late Grandma and was hoping to be able to use it if I found it fitting with the first name we decide on.  It's just been pretty hard to fit it with everything I do like.

What about Marylynn (or Marilyn)? Then it ties in Mary with the ending that you like? Marilyn Claire.  

adharper2615

longhorn14:

adharper2615:

longhorn14:

I like Gwendolyn the best. For MNs, what about Paige or Claire? I think both sound nice with your name choices.

 

Gwendolyn is on the list that SO and I agree on.  The other 2 aren't but I'm trying to sway him to put in more consideration.  I don't really care for Paige that much but Claire is cute.  Mary comes from my late Grandma and was hoping to be able to use it if I found it fitting with the first name we decide on.  It's just been pretty hard to fit it with everything I do like.

What about Marylynn (or Marilyn)? Then it ties in Mary with the ending that you like? Marilyn Claire.  

 

I like you!  I never even thought about Marilyn/Marylynn!  And Claire accents it quite nicely!  I'll have to bring it up to SO tonight! 

adharper2615

Oh, but a problem arose.  I said it aloud and realized it was too sing-songy with the last name added. 

stace42

I really like Adalyn - my friend recently had a baby and named her that - it is really cute.

longhorn14

adharper2615:

Oh, but a problem arose.  I said it aloud and realized it was too sing-songy with the last name added. 

DOH! What does last name rhyme with? 

adharper2615

Noses.  Ha.

 

newportbride715

Of the two, I'd pick Adalynn. I like Adeline better though.

longhorn14

Any chance you can change your last name?

 

Well for sure run it by DH so maybe we can add Marilyn to the approved list. Were you thinking the name was too alliterative? Is that why you thought it was too singsong?

Tanya Tucker, Marilyn Monroe...I can't think of any more, but I don't think these sound too singsong. 

adharper2615

Haha...sometimes I wish because it would make this process easier!

 

Too alliterative and everytime I've paired an "M" name with the last name it reminds me of a nursery rhyme character. 

longhorn14

Well I like it. Marilyn Claire. Maybe it'll grow on you.

Soon2BMrsN

I don't like either.

EmmieB

adharper2615:

Even though SO still doesn't like either, I'm trying to get him to come around on one of these 2 girls names.  Do you like either or which do you prefer?

 

Adalynn (Add-A-Lynn) Mary M.

Emilynn (Em-A-Lynn) Jane M.

 

Open to suggestions for MNs too!  Thanks ladies...

Adalynn, definitely.

 

Emilynn trips over the tongue in a weird way.

starsmaycollide

I really like Gwendolyn Mary!

Maybe I'm the odd one I think that one is great as it is, and Gwendolyn is so pretty. it's uncommon but still one people know it/can pronounce it.

adharper2615

starsmaycollide:

I really like Gwendolyn Mary!

Maybe I'm the odd one I think that one is great as it is, and Gwendolyn is so pretty. it's uncommon but still one people know it/can pronounce it.

 

Yay because as of about 15 minutes ago, it's the name we decided on!