Our baby is due [name_f]May[/name_f] 7, 2014 and we still cannot decide on the spelling of our girl name. It will be [name_u]Adley[/name_u] [name_f]Karoline[/name_f] or Adli [name_f]Karoline[/name_f] (yes, it will all be her first name). We are from the south and have always loved double names. Which spelling looks better? We just cannot decide. Thanks for all of your help!!
I think if you are set on this as her name you should spell it adlie. To me Adli doesn’t look like enough to be a real name and my friends sons name is Atley so the ‘ley’ ending looks very masculine to me!
Adlie [name_f]Karoline[/name_f] is nice, although [name_u]Hadley[/name_u] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] would be better and probably cause her less problems with spelling etc in the future good luck!
Of the two I prefer [name_u]Adley[/name_u], Adli just doesn’t look complete to me. Like the pp though I much prefer Adlie, it looks both feminine and complete
I prefer the look of [name_u]Adley[/name_u]. I like [name_u]Adley[/name_u] better than Adlie as well.
[name_u]Adley[/name_u] [name_f]Karoline[/name_f] all as a first name seems like such a mouthful…
I prefer the [name_u]Adley[/name_u] spelling.
I prefer [name_u]Adley[/name_u] as I misread Adli several times as “Aldi” which is a cheap supermarket
[name_u]Adley[/name_u] is my preference of the two choices. Adli looks babyish.
This is likely going to sound mean, and that isn’t my intention, but I honestly think you should reconsider your options here.
When I saw the name of your post, I thought [name_u]Adley[/name_u] was a typo of [name_u]Hadley[/name_u], and that Adli just looked dreadful. A little [name_u]Adley[/name_u] will nine times out of ten have her name mixed up with [name_u]Hadley[/name_u]. It’s just not a good idea, if you don’t want your daughter to constantly have to repeat “It’s [name_u]Adley[/name_u], no H”. I’ve had to put up with correcting spellings my entire life (still not sure why it’s so difficult to grasp the [name_u]Haley[/name_u] spelling, but apparently, it is), and it’s beyond annoying. [name_f]My[/name_f] sister has to do it repeatedly too (she’s a [name_f]Mikayla[/name_f]), and she’d agree, it’s a pain.
So, that being said;
- Please, please, please, please, PLEASE, do not pick Adli.
- I would rather see [name_u]Hadley[/name_u] [name_f]Karoline[/name_f], as I feel it would make your daughter’s life a lot easier.
- If [name_u]Hadley[/name_u] is off the table, then definitely [name_u]Adley[/name_u], but have you thought about [name_f]Natalie[/name_f] nn Attlie?
I’m sorry if that came off harsh, I just felt as though I should give you some input from the perspective of someone who always has to correct spellings/pronunciations, as your daughter will likely have to do if you name her [name_u]Adley[/name_u].
[name_u]Adley[/name_u]. Adli just looks like a collection of letters to me - and like sunflowerist said, it might be misread as Aldi.
I’m not sure what your reasons are for picking [name_f]Karoline[/name_f] over [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], but is the C spelling definitely off the table? With an unusual first name, I’d be inclined to go with the more common spelling, since it will create fewer problems for you and your daughter.
I read this as Aldi which is a chain of supermarkets in the UK and sort of laughed.
Use [name_u]Adley[/name_u].
Of those, I like [name_u]Adley[/name_u] [name_f]Karoline[/name_f]. But it is a bit of a mouthful.
I prefer [name_u]Adley[/name_u]. However, I think [name_u]Adley[/name_u] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] as a “first” name is too much.
[name_u]Adley[/name_u] is better, in my opinion.
Aldi is a supermarket chain in the US, too.
[name_u]Adley[/name_u] is definitely y preferred spelling. Adlie looks too childish.
I also thought of Aldi. [name_u]Adley[/name_u] is fine, but NMS.
Yes, I read it as Aldi too!
It’s through Germany and Australia too.
Definitely avoid that spelling.
Thanks everyone for your opinions. They are all greatly appreciated.
I agree with [name_u]Haley[/name_u], I would go for more traditional spellings. As a first name I think [name_u]Adley[/name_u] is better than Adli for sure, and I prefer [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] to [name_f]Karoline[/name_f]. [name_m]Both[/name_m] names combined is a bit much for a first name…generally when I think of a double barreled name it’s usually 2/3 syllables and the second name is 1. Like [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-[name_f]Kate[/name_f], [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-[name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]-[name_f]Mae[/name_f] or something like that. Have you thought of [name_u]Adley[/name_u]-[name_f]Kate[/name_f]? The K would match more and it sounds more like a doubled barreled name than two first names stuck together.
Good luck!
[name_u]Adley[/name_u] for sure. People are familiar with [name_u]Hadley[/name_u], so it makes sense to use the same spelling. I also thought immediately of Aldi for Adli.
I second [name_u]Adley[/name_u] over Adli. [name_u]Adley[/name_u] is uncommon enough without using the -i spelling. With an unusual first name, I would suggest thinking about the traditional spelling of [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]. [name_u]Adley[/name_u] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] makes sense to me, but Adli [name_f]Karoline[/name_f] (and [name_u]Adley[/name_u] [name_f]Karoline[/name_f], even) makes me do a double-take. It makes me want to say [name_m]Adlai[/name_m], like the men’s name.
If you’re thinking of spelling it Adli to make it more feminine, I suggest [name_f]Adalie[/name_f] and Addelie as a more feminine alternative to [name_u]Adley[/name_u]. Pronounced almost the same, but with an a in the middle - [name_m]ADD[/name_m]-uh-lee.
I also like those traditional Southern double-barreled names. But, as PP said, usually there are fewer syllables: [name_f]Mary[/name_f]-[name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_f]Anna[/name_f]-[name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Maggie[/name_f]-[name_f]Rose[/name_f]. Also, usually the first name in those combos is a very traditional name. In that vein, I could see people actually saying [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] or [name_f]Hannah[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] as a double-name even with all of those syllables, but not so much [name_u]Adley[/name_u] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f]. People are likely to shorten it to just [name_u]Adley[/name_u]. If you flip the names and put the more traditional one up front - [name_f]Caroline[/name_f] [name_u]Adley[/name_u] - it feels more like those old Southern double barrels to me. Or, if you swap out [name_u]Adley[/name_u] for something a little more old-school - [name_f]Ada[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f], or [name_f]Adalie[/name_f] [name_f]Caroline[/name_f].
Good luck! I just noticed that your due date is the same as my sister’s. You’re really nearing the home stretch, but it probably doesn’t feel like it