UrbanSue Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 We found out yesterday that baby #5 is a girl. My one daughter is ecstatic. My three boys, slightly less so :laugh: We've been tossing around names for awhile and two we really like are Genevieve (possible nickname: Ginny) and Adelaide (nickname: Ada with the first A "long"--this is a family name). First thoughts about these names? Our other kids have names that are a bit on the traditional and old-fashioned side but definitely pretty normal. Older people always say, "What nice names!". These two girl options would be significantly more old-fashioned (to my ear). We really like them but we don't wish to inflict weird names on our children, either. Oh, and our last name starts with a J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renmew Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 While I love both names, I think Adelaide would be a better match with your last name. I really like the old-fashioned names. My bff's little girls is Elanour (omg-how does she spell it?). They had planned on calling her Ellie for short, but everyone is using her full name instead. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 With a last name that starts with a J, I'd lean towards Adelaide. Pretty name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berta Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I have a friend who named her daughter Genevieve and they call her Viva. I'm not a fan of Adelaide. I like Adeline though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I like Adelaide and agree about not combining a G with J last last name. Especially if you call her Ada, I think it will not sound too "out there" with all the Ella, Eva, Ava, Emma, Mia, Maya, 2-syllalbe girl names that are popular right now. My little 1st cousin, once removed is Genevieve/Ginny after her great-great-grandmothers on both sides of the family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 My grandma hates her name, Genevieve, but has always gone by Gen. I like it. You might have trouble getting people to use the nickname Ada because Addy is a more common shortening of Adelaide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I love both names :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plath Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 My daughter's names are Eleanore and Adelaide. Adelaide is getting a big resurgence since a celeb named her daughter Adelaide recently... Everyone nicknames my daughter Addie, so that will be an automatic nickname. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Genevieve is #228 in popularity and Adelaide is #343. Both have climbed in popularity a lot in the last 10 years or so. I don't think either one would be seen as weird nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I love Adelaide, but I also love the suggestion of Adeline. I think both sound absolutely lovely with a J last name. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I was gonna start one too :) not sure what we are having yet, the boy is decided Sevien Jay (it was what we had picked for dd) Girl names are where we have problems :) we would like a name that goes with the middle name Ann and ends in ly or some variation of ly (dd's name is Cali Sue) Our last name starts with M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 The Genevieve I know goes by V.V. Suits her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I think they are both pretty. Can you tell us a middle name or options? That would help us decide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbeym Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 To the OP - I love Adelaide and Adeline. If you immediately started calling her Ada and only that, people might be less likely to want to nickname her Addy. I have a friend who's name is Adelaide. She hated it though and decided at some young age she was going to be Victoria instead. Her mom still calls her Adelaide. :laugh: I was gonna start one too :) not sure what we are having yet, the boy is decided Sevien Jay (it was what we had picked for dd) Girl names are where we have problems :) we would like a name that goes with the middle name Ann and ends in ly or some variation of ly (dd's name is Cali Sue) Our last name starts with M Ashley Ann? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I really like both names. I think that they're both becoming much more popular, so I wouldn't worry at all about then being too old fashion. In general, I prefer Genevieve, but it's hard to tell how it will sound with your last name. I can think of some J names where it sounds fine and others where it doesn't sound great. I think you might have a hard time getting Ada to stick as a nn especially since the A sounds are different. I think people will be inclined to call her Addie (which is nice, but not really my favorite). Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanSue Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Thanks for the feedback. We would call her Ada after a family member but I want my kids to have more formal, longer names as an option, too. The family member in question was just named "Ada". Middle names we are less fussy about. Clare is in the running, as is Bernadette. But "Clare Bernadette" is also a possibility. Something like Rose or Rosemary is also a middle name option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Both names are beautiful, but reading Clare Bernadette...I like that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aspasia Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I don't like the double J sound, personally. Our last name starts with J as well, so all J first names are out. Plus, Adelaide is just pretty. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Both sound very pretty. I usually cringe at WTM baby naming thread name suggestions but I love yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I find Rose to be an especially pretty name--dd was almost Helen Rose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahlanne Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I love the name Genevieve and tried to convince dh to use it. He never was a fan. I wanted to use the nn Evie for it. In the end, I didn't get to use Genevieve but did get an Evie, Evangeline. As for Adelaide, I like it but prefer Adeline. Addy is the typical nn for both but I prefer Ada. It might get annoying correcting everyone though. Generally, I get many compliments on my kids names even though they are not common. Each of my children love their names so far so I must have done something right. Our names are Celena (pron. seh-LAIN-ah not like the teen star) Carol, Nathan Christopher, Evangeline Hope, Annabelle Scarlett, Zeke Wilson, and Elsa Rosalie. (CC, Nate, Annie, Evie, Zeke, and Ellie) Each has their own name and a family name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I love the name Genevieve and tried to convince dh to use it. He never was a fan. I wanted to use the nn Evie for it. In the end, I didn't get to use Genevieve but did get an Evie, Evangeline. As for Adelaide, I like it but prefer Adeline. Addy is the typical nn for both but I prefer Ada. It might get annoying correcting everyone though. Generally, I get many compliments on my kids names even though they are not common. Each of my children love their names so far so I must have done something right. Our names are Celena (pron. seh-LAIN-ah not like the teen star) Carol, Nathan Christopher, Evangeline Hope, Annabelle Scarlett, Zeke Wilson, and Elsa Rosalie. (CC, Nate, Annie, Evie, Zeke, and Ellie) Each has their own name and a family name. This!!! One of our son's name is Percival and it drives me insane when I constantly have to correct the same people when they call him Percy. That is NOT his name. If I introduce myself as Emily are you going to just immediately start calling me Em, Emma, Emmy without knowing me at all? I get it, his name is long and people like giving nicknames but don't call him something that isn't his nickname. DD's name is Rosalyn and I've heard Roz or Rozy from essentially complete strangers. Drives me insane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tita Gidge Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I love an alliteration, so I think Genevieve J*** sounds lovely, especially since the first name has so many syllables separating it from the J of the last name. My friend's sister is a Genevieve who goes by Janie. I don't like the alliteration as much with such a short first name, for some reason. I think if you start early with the Ada, most people won't even realize she's truly an Adelaide - unless they have access to that information, such as a medical office, school, scouts or sports (someone who sees her birth certificate, e.g.). Gidge is a made up nickname, but so many people assume it's my given name because it's all anyone ever calls me. Excepting teachers, medical staff, coaches and anyone who has ever issued me a paycheck LOL. My friend's middle name is Adeline. She hates it. I think that probably influenced my own opinion of it being less desireable to Adelaide. Not a horrible name, but I prefer your two original choices :) Either one will sound lovely. Clare Bernadette sounds very old school Catholic B) We were all named after Saints, and have one of each in my family. My sister Clare always went by KC because she hates her name. Bernadette goes by Ettie and doesn't really put too much energy into caring about her name one way or the other LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Adelaide is having a huge comeback, so while it may sound "more old fashioned" to you right now, in a few years I think that wont be an issue. And with Abigail and Ava in the top 10, I think an Adelaide called Ada will fit right in sound-wise. Honestly I like Genevieve better, but that's because I LOVE odd-ball names. And it seems like the rarer of the two. My husband and I scoured the S.S. departments list of top names whenever I was expecting because we didn't want any of our sons to have names in the top 100. Pronounceable and recognizable but rarely meeting anyone else with that name was our goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco_Clark Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I love the name Genevieve and tried to convince dh to use it. He never was a fan. I wanted to use the nn Evie for it. In the end, I didn't get to use Genevieve but did get an Evie, Evangeline. As for Adelaide, I like it but prefer Adeline. Addy is the typical nn for both but I prefer Ada. It might get annoying correcting everyone though. Generally, I get many compliments on my kids names even though they are not common. Each of my children love their names so far so I must have done something right. Our names are Celena (pron. seh-LAIN-ah not like the teen star) Carol, Nathan Christopher, Evangeline Hope, Annabelle Scarlett, Zeke Wilson, and Elsa Rosalie. (CC, Nate, Annie, Evie, Zeke, and Ellie) Each has their own name and a family name. I have a Zeke too! But mines Ezekiel (not that anyone ever calls him that, unless he's in trouble). It's my favorite favorite name by far, I picked it as a child, so I get a little excited every time there's another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Genevieve Clare J-- Adelaide Clare J-- I absolutely love both names, and I think Clare sounds beautiful with them each equally. I have to say though, I'm not at all a fan of Bernadette. I often think in colors and that just makes me think of a muddy brown. Yep, I'm an oddball. :hat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 I have a Zeke too! But mines Ezekiel (not that anyone ever calls him that, unless he's in trouble). It's my favorite favorite name by far, I picked it as a child, so I get a little excited every time there's another one. I have an Ezekiel (Zeke - but goes by both pretty evenly) too. :) OP - I like Adelaide better than Genevieve, simply personal preference, they're both great names. But the nn Ada tips it over for me, love that name too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UrbanSue Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 Genevieve Clare J-- Adelaide Clare J-- I absolutely love both names, and I think Clare sounds beautiful with them each equally. I have to say though, I'm not at all a fan of Bernadette. I often think in colors and that just makes me think of a muddy brown. Yep, I'm an oddball. :hat: Muddy Brown for Bernadette? That's pretty funny. What other names have strong color associations for you? Dh is kind of nixing the Ada route because he thinks it won't sit well with some members of the family. But Genevieve Clare. Hmmm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Genevieve Clare is just beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoot Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Muddy Brown for Bernadette? That's pretty funny. What other names have strong color associations for you? Dh is kind of nixing the Ada route because he thinks it won't sit well with some members of the family. But Genevieve Clare. Hmmm... It's not something that I get with every name but when I do get it it's really strong. I actually think it's hilarious when it happens because it makes NO sense to me. :) For me, Genevieve Clare is clearly the green of the forest. A deep but very bright and earthy green. Adelaide, I don't get anything from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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