Adelaide

sabriel1

If we have a girl this time around her middle name will be named after my DH's grandmother whose name was Adelaide (she passed about 1 year ago). My SIL also has her middle name named after her (Adelle). Apparently when my MIL was naming her my husband's grandmother said "well don't give her the middle name Adelaide, that's an awfully old-fashioned name for a baby".

Basically what we are looking for would be a derivative of the name Adelaide. I don't think we'd want to choose the name Adelaide only because I'm not sure she would have liked that based on what she said years ago to my MIL. Any ideas for a nice derivative? So far all I can think of is Adelle or Adilyn.

Any ideas? The first name would be Lauren (also a family name). Looking for any derivative you can think of or the best sounding one. Thanks.

sabriel1

I agree - I don't so much like Adilyn - it's just one of the derivatives that came to mind as I saw it before (I'd actually prefer to stay away from an "lyn" ending period). Hmmm, I'm going to ask hubby what her middle name was - that's a good idea. 

ETA: we just weren't to use the actual name as the middle name based on what she said to my MIL about her daughter (whose middle name is Adelle, not her first name, I should have clarified that)

sabriel1

ChiaWombat:

If it makes you feel better, according to another babyname website I frequent, Adelaide is poised to be the successor to Abigail/Ava. You could be ahead of the curve.

Their list of variants includes: Ada, Addy, Addie, Adele, Adeline, Adelina, Adi, Adlin, Aline, Delle, Edeline, Eline, Heidi

Thank you! That list is also extremely helpful!

led2009

 This is what behindthename.com says.

DIMINUTIVES: Ada, Addie, Addy, Della (English), Ada (Italian)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Adalheidis, Adelais (Ancient Germanic), Al?cia (Catalan), Heidi (Danish), Adelheid, Aleid, Aleida, Alida (Dutch), Aliisa, Alli, Heidi (Finnish), Ad?la?de, Alice, Alix, Alison (French), Adelheid, Ada, Aleida, Aleit, Alida, Heida, Heidi (German), Adelaida, Aliz, Ada, Alida (Hungarian), Ail?s (Irish), Alise (Latvian), Aalis (Medieval French), Heidi (Norwegian), Adelajda, Alicja, Ada (Polish), Alisa (Russian), Aileas (Scottish), Alica (Slovak), Adelaida, Alicia (Spanish), Heidi (Swedish), Alis (Welsh)

 My favorite is Ada.

dreemkin84

Adeline or Adelina. 

ETA I like old sounding names so I would just use Adelaide.  

GibsonGirl620

Just a thought here... If she made that comment to your MIL years ago, Adelaide may have seemed out of place at the time. I think it's a beautiful name and fits well into this day and age. She may have thought differently at this point.

My grandmother was Estelle and I would have loved to honor her with the name Stella, a nn she actually didn't prefer at the time. But I think it would have been an appropriate choice for us, years later in the age of Ella's.

That said, I say go with what makes you feel comfortable. GL!

BulgariHeart

I'd go with Heidi. I think it's Adelaide's cutest short name/derivative name.

Dr.Loretta

i'd just use Adelaide:

1. it's a great name

2. That sounds like an off-the-cuff remark from someone not even around to be bothered

3. It's a MN, not a FN