I saw the name [name]Adelvice[/name] on the homepage.
I’m assuming it’s supposed to be a variation of Edelweiss, though the only information Nameberry lists is a variation on [name]Adelaide[/name].
To me this just seems like a misspelling of edelweiss. What do you think?
I think you’re right: [name]Adelvice[/name] is a terrible misspelling of Edelweiss. Nameberry has a lot of incorrect information on their website. And what sane parent would want the word “vice” in a child’s name?
I agree. There’s a fair amount of misinformation on here, and the vice part is just too prominent.
I’m surprised that [name]Adelvice[/name] is listed, but Edelweiss, a legitmate word isn’t, especially with more unique flower names becoming more popular.
I want to say I have seen [name]Adelvice[/name] on an old census record? Maybe it was Adelvise? Hmmm…I’ll have to go see what I can dig up.
I just see Advice…lol. I don’t care for the name.
I thought the same thing! Seems like Edelweiss to me, that’s why I clicked it. Then again, I am watching The Sound of [name]Music[/name] right now on tv… haha. =]
Agreed. 
i love the name Edelweiss, but the horror the child would have spelling and getting people to pronounce it so if i ever get to use it i feel i’d have to take the [name]Adelvice[/name]/vise route. there are plenty of names whose spelling change with language, Edelweiss just never had any reason to begin to be used in English countries so it never adapted.
I would agree with you, except that, the musical/movie Sound of [name]Music[/name] has made that very familiar to English countries.
I don’t think Edelweiss is really a name in [name]German[/name] speaking countries. I looked for it on a [name]German[/name] baby name site and found nothing.
[name]Adelvice[/name] doesn’t really resolve pronunciation problems anyway. It looks like it would start with [name]AH[/name] like [name]Adelaide[/name], plus as others have mentioned, -vice just isn’t a good option for someone’s name.
Oh dear. Someone get that off the site before it gives people yooneek ideas >.>
Ha! When I saw the post title, I thought some punny person was asking for ad-vice on [name]Adele[/name]…
This is the only reason I know it exists, and I took [name]German[/name] for a year.
[name]Adelvice[/name] is how I spelled it in my head for YEARS until someone corrected me, because I had the occasion to use it in a conversation with a fellow Sound of [name]Music[/name] fan who was housing a [name]German[/name] exchange student at the time.
I don’t see at all how this is a version of [name]Adelaide[/name], unless someone saw [name]Adelaide[/name] and decided ‘Hey, ya know, I like the beginning, but would rather change the ending to something with a bit more of a negative connotation.’
Edelweiss is a much prettier spelling anyway, an accomplishment for a [name]German[/name] word. I think it would be quite usable as a name with the actual spelling; people would get used to it and learn a bit of [name]German[/name] pronunciation/spelling at the same time. Everyone wins!
It doesn’t even look like it spells Edelweiss to me, it just looks like someone made it up. Maybe Aidlevice instead 
I have to say, though, that being on a census record doesn’t make it a name, [name]IMO[/name] - just because one person couldn’t spell Edelweiss in the past (or even several people - hey, they didn’t have internet) doesn’t make it legitimate. I don’t know where the line should be drawn, because obviously there’s no hard and fast rules for names, but … this just seems wrong.
To be honest, I just thought someone completely butchered the word “advice.” (Sorry, jamie!)
I had the same thought!