Help me replace Adelaide Maja Éliane!

I feel like I’m going to get public outcry from every [name_u]Berry[/name_u] who ever gushed over my [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] combo in the WOW thread. :slight_smile: I started out quite liking [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Maja[/name_f] Éliane, but the more time I’ve sat on her, the less I like her, even though I’m coming to love [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] more and more (originally she had just been a way to get to [name_f]Daisy[/name_f], since I can’t find a single combo I like with just [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] as a FN, but the more I think about [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], the more I love her!). [name_f]Every[/name_f] time I see an [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] combo in another [name_u]Berry[/name_u]'s signature, I realize I love their combos more than my own, so I figured it was time to look for a new combo.

The two [name_u]Berry[/name_u] combos I’ve really noticed lately are [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f], so maybe that’s a good starting point. European and lush and girly. I’ve tentatively started to consider [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noa[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Mireille[/name_f], but I’m not at all sure about them.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Berries!

[name_m]Hi[/name_m], [name_u]Ashley[/name_u]:slight_smile: Let me just start out by noticing your [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] and saying how much I love it! It’s really quite charming.

As to [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], I have been noticing it more and more lately, too. [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noa[/name_f] struck me for some reason. I usually feel like the girl’s [name_f]Noa[/name_f] is so tied to the Middle [name_f]East[/name_f] (not in a bad way, just in the way [name_m]Giuseppe[/name_m] is tied to [name_f]Italy[/name_f]), but I actually really like it with [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]. So that’s definitely my top favorite for you:)

Here are some more suggestions:
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] – I know I just complemented your [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] combo, but I find it really fits your “European, lush, and girly” criteria.
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Gianna[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Luisa[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Moira[/name_f] or [name_f]Moria[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Calla[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Carina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Georgia[/name_f]

I love [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], it’s a lovely name.

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Blanche[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Marilyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Martha[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Marjorie[/name_f]

Thanks, [name_f]Emma[/name_f]! I used to like [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] a lot, but lately there’s just something about [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] that I find so appealing. I don’t know if it’ll stick, and I hate that I already have [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] in three other spots on my list ([name_f]Eleni[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Zoe[/name_f] [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f], and [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] [name_u]Eden[/name_u] [family name]), but it seems like I can stick [name_f]Charlotte[/name_f] in any combo and swoon. :confused: [name_f]Noa[/name_f] is a Hebrew name, but it is also very popular in Spain at the moment (I think. If I’m remembering correctly…). I’m intrigued by [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Calla[/name_f] (I’ve been falling for [name_f]Calla[/name_f] for years now–it may be time to add her to my list in some capacity!) and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] exactly (not sure I’ll even keep [name_f]Lucia[/name_f] up front, as I strongly dislike the name/nn [name_f]Lucy[/name_f]; she was just the crush of the day). I love the idea of a [name_u]Georgie[/name_u] name with [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], too, although of all the [name_u]Georgie[/name_u] names, [name_f]Georgia[/name_f]'s my least favorite. I like [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] best, followed by [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] (which I’m sort of crushing on hardcore right now). But [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Georgina[/name_f] seem unbelievably long, especially if I’m to add a second middle.

@teenberry - thank you! I’ve been crushing on [name_f]Bianca[/name_f] the past couple months. I’ve been wondering where I might put her, and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Bianca[/name_f] is intriguing. I’ll have to think on it! The others aren’t really my thing, but I do like [name_f]Bianca[/name_f]. :slight_smile:

Also am tossing around [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Willow[/name_f]–I love [name_f]Willow[/name_f] as a middle, but haven’t found the right spot for her yet. [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Willow[/name_f] could have a shot.

Oh, yes, [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Willow[/name_f] is truly beautiful!

Anyone else?

So far I have [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noa[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Georgina[/name_f]/[name_f]Georgiana[/name_f] (hesitantly), [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Willow[/name_f], and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Calla[/name_f]. Anyone else want to offer up any ideas?

Thanks, Berries!

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Esme[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noa[/name_f] are both gorgeous (the latter is especially riveting, wow!) :smiley:

Some suggestions (none of which can beat the beauty of [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noa[/name_f]):
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_u]Alva[/name_u]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Cécile
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Clea[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Elin[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Falka
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Kaja[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Lark[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Lovis
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Nour
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Olive[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Oona[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Rosalind[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Vera[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Vita[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_u]Winter[/name_u]

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Claire[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Camille[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Eve[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Paige[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Ivy[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Elise[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Louise[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_u]Rae[/name_u]/[name_f]Mae[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Pearl[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Celeste[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_u]Quinn[/name_u]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Briar[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]

Thanks, [name_f]Zelia[/name_f] and @lozzalizzy! I love the idea of [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] and [name_f]Eve[/name_f] together (or another [name_f]Eva[/name_f] name?), but at this point I have [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], AND [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] all on my list as FNs, and I don’t know what I’d do for a family name with [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] with [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Eve[/name_f], since most of my family names are one-syllable ([name_f]Jane[/name_f], [name_f]Claire[/name_f], [name_f]Kate[/name_f], [name_f]Grace[/name_f], [name_u]Wren[/name_u], [name_f]Pearl[/name_f], [name_f]Ruth[/name_f], etc.!). I have been thinking about [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noelle[/name_f], but I wasn’t sure on it–[name_f]Noelle[/name_f] could honor my sister, but I’m still a bit on the fence. I do like [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Iris[/name_f] a lot, but I’m not sure if I love it.

[name_f]Zelia[/name_f], I’m intrigued by [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Cécile and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Kaja[/name_f]! I’m already thinking about [name_f]Kaia[/name_f] as a FN, but I love [name_f]Kaia[/name_f]/[name_f]Kaja[/name_f] in general. It’s such a pretty, spunky name.

I’m also thinking about [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Serena[/name_f], [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Dagmar[/name_f], and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cecilia[/name_f]–does anybody like those? :slight_smile:

So I love your [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Maja[/name_f] Éliane! I can totally understand where you are coming from though! I have had combos that I have loved but the more you look at it and say it, it just looses its oomph. I like [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noa[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Sofia[/name_f], especially [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noa[/name_f]! I think that the compliment each other very well!

A few suggestions! I took most of these names from my lists!
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Klara[/name_f] [name_f]Ruth[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Madelief[/name_f] [name_f]Vera[/name_f] (Maybe a little too much haha)
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Bryndís (I love this one!)
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Lilavati (I know you were thinking about Lilavati before and I think that it could work with [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f])

I hope this helps a little bit!!

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] is a good combo, isn’t she? :wink:

I like the suggestion of [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noa[/name_f]. I am going to push the boat out a little with suggestions, hopefully some of these tickle your fancy. I am useless at two middles though, sorry.

I have put them into groups.

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Anouk[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Brigitte[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Céline
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Inès
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Margot[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] Noémi
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_u]Ren[/name_u]ée
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Sylvie[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_m]Zo[/name_m]é

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cadenza[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Celia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Leonor[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Lilia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Mattea[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Zita[/name_f]

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cassia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cyra[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Honor[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Livia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Maxima[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Titania[/name_f]

Pushing the envelope is fine–those are the kind of names I was hoping for anyway! :slight_smile:

I am intrigued by these:

[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cosima[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Maxima[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Noemi[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Livia[/name_f]

I’ve really been wanting to get [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] on my list period, though, so [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cosima[/name_f] is tempting me!

And le swoon, YESSSSSS!!! I love it. But even if I wanted to take your combo (and I don’t), I feel like it’s too similar to [name_f]Adele[/name_f] [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] [name_u]Eloise[/name_u] to commit to. If I’m going to keep similar names (like [name_f]Adele[/name_f] and [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f]) on my list, I figure I should at least give them distinctive combos. :wink:

I’ll give it a go with a wide range of middles.
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Lenore[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Seraphine[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Elora[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Sienna[/name_f]/[name_f]Vienna[/name_f]/[name_f]Vienne[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Liora[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Maren[/name_f]/[name_f]Marin[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Fiora[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Mireille[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Mireia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Colette[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Vianne[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Lumina[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Verity[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Nuria[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Viola[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Maelys[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Jessamine[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Jasmine[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Luella[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Aviva[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Oceane[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Corinne[/name_f]
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_u]Seren[/name_u]

Thanks, @lavenderbelle and @klhnames! I’m intrigued by [name_f]Elora[/name_f], [name_f]Ione[/name_f] (or [name_f]Iona[/name_f]?), [name_f]Luella[/name_f], [name_f]Aviva[/name_f] ([name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Aviva[/name_f] is so intriguing!), [name_f]Iris[/name_f], and [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]! I’ll have to go through these to figure out which ones are making the cut or not.

I’ve also found I’m intrigued by [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cosette[/name_f]. :slight_smile: My [name_m]French[/name_m] best friend would have been appalled, but I love the tie to [name_u]Les[/name_u] Mis!

Thanks, @lavenderbelle and @klhnames! I’m intrigued by [name_f]Elora[/name_f], [name_f]Ione[/name_f] (or [name_f]Iona[/name_f]?), [name_f]Luella[/name_f], [name_f]Aviva[/name_f] ([name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Aviva[/name_f] is so intriguing!), [name_f]Iris[/name_f], and [name_f]Lydia[/name_f]! I’ll have to go through these to figure out which ones are making the cut or not.

I’ve also found I’m intrigued by [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Cosette[/name_f]. :slight_smile: WDYT of her? My [name_m]French[/name_m] best friend would have been appalled, but I love the tie to [name_u]Les[/name_u] Mis!