We’re expecting our first in [name_f]April[/name_f]. Each of these names stem from a family name:
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f] (nn [name_f]Minnie[/name_f])
[name_f]Althea[/name_f] [name_u]Dale[/name_u] (nn [name_f]Thea[/name_f])
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_u]Kay[/name_u] (nn [name_f]Addie[/name_f])
[name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f] (just [name_f]Annie[/name_f]!)
Thoughts?
Oh I love these names! There isn’t a single name I dislike!
Well, I don’t like [name_u]Dale[/name_u], so I’m going to say not [name_f]Althea[/name_f] [name_u]Dale[/name_u] (but I really like [name_f]Althea[/name_f] and [name_f]Thea[/name_f]).
[name_f]Adeline[/name_f] [name_u]Kay[/name_u] nn [name_f]Addie[/name_f] - is really sweet, but [name_f]Addie[/name_f] might be getting a bit popular.
[name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f] - [name_f]Annie[/name_f] is so sweet! I don’t love the flow though. [name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f]?
[name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] [name_f]Joy[/name_f] - I know a bunch of Maddies/Maddys and I love them all so much, so I like [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f]. I don’t like the nn [name_f]Minnie[/name_f], because well, a) its a bit diminuitive and b) what if she’s not minnie, what if she’s rather large?
Anyways, they’re all nice!
I love all your choices except I do not care for [name_f]Althea[/name_f]. [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] and [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] being my favorites.
[name_f]Althea[/name_f] is my favorite. I love and adore [name_f]Annie[/name_f], but [name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f] sounds off. I like the suggestion of [name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_f]Eliza[/name_f].
My favorite is [name_f]Annie[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f]. I do love [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] but I would be worried about all the Addies out there, since [name_u]Addison[/name_u] is quite popular. [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] feels overused to me, although it is a fine name. I kind of like [name_f]Althea[/name_f].
Thanks so much, [name_u]Waverly[/name_u]!
[name_u]Dale[/name_u] is my middle name and I love it! 
I agree, [name_f]Addie[/name_f] is so popular, such a bummer. I picked [name_f]Adeline[/name_f] when I was in high school and always pictured my little [name_f]Addie[/name_f], so it’s sentimental to me.
I’m not attached to [name_f]Elise[/name_f] at all, [name_f]Eliza[/name_f] is very pretty! I like that combo too.
And as for [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f], it was my grandmother’s name and she had an aunt named [name_f]Minnie[/name_f], so the nickname stretches back into our family history. I love that it honors two people. Plus, I actually refer to our baby as [name_f]Mini[/name_f] so that might end up being a nickname even if we name her something completely different! It would most likely be something we call her at home/with our families. I wouldn’t introduce her as [name_f]Minnie[/name_f] or anything…