Our baby is due in [name]August[/name] and I think we have finally come up with a name for her. We have had a VERY hard time ruling out the names we love and have confused people with our polls by wanting to name here something and call her something else.( theres a reason for that…long story). We’ve decided on 2 middle names now. Name will be in first comment box with previous name we choose. You are comments are welcome,although I must tell you we are pretty set on the 2 middle names.
First name considering…[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Adele[/name]…We would call her [name]Adeliah[/name] pronounced [name]Ada[/name]-lye-ah
The name I believe we are settled on [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Adeliah[/name]
I love [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Adeliah[/name]! Unless your last name has an -a ending also. Very cute, very classic yet unique 
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Adele[/name] is gorgeous! Really pretty. It’s hard coming up with nice three name combos and I think you did a great job.
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Adeliah[/name] is v. pretty, I just think [name]Lydia[/name] and [name]Adeliah[/name] are too similar to be in the same name together. But if you are set on calling her [name]Adeliah[/name], I think you definitely need [name]Adeliah[/name] somewhere in the name, not just [name]Adele[/name].
I personally prefer [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Adele[/name] altogether, and calling her [name]Lydia[/name]. Or [name]Adeliah[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] if you plan on calling her [name]Adeliah[/name].
I am not a fan of calling children by their middle names. That’s from personal experience; I’ve gone by my middle name my whole life, and it’s a pain in the a**. But that’s certainly a parent’s prerogative.
All three names are very pretty.
Your name choices are beautiful, but I may be impartial as my daughter is [name]Adele[/name] [name]Kathleen[/name]. However, I find your naming convention a bit confusing regardless of your reasons. If you plan to call her [name]Adeliah[/name], then I think that name should be in her full name. As a teacher, I always respect what the child wants to be called or is called in the home. It can be difficult if the legal name and name on the roster don’t match. At least if it’s her 2nd middle name, [name]Adeliah[/name] is still her real name. Otherwise it seems as if you are giving her four names plus her ln and that would be too much.
I always find it somewhat important to choose names that cause the least amount of confusion and difficulties. There are two things with your name choice that make it very difficult.
- The spelling and pronunciation of Adeliah would be really confusing and not intuitive at all.
- Calling her by her middle name isn’t a huge deal, but calling her by her second middle name? That seems ridiculous.
I am also called by my middle name and it has never been a problem for me. I actually call all of our 3 daughters by their middle names but have often wondered if I should have put their middle names first (Only because I thought it might have sounded better).
[name]Lydia[/name] is a family name that I love, but I already have an [name]Olivia[/name] we call [name]Livia[/name]. When we named her, we thought we were giving her a name that was not common. I had never run into an [name]Olivia[/name] before. That year EVERYONE decided to name their daughters [name]Olivia[/name], She’s 15 now. Anyway…Want an unusual name but a classic name. I really want it all! I prefer [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Adele[/name] as well, but like you said, I wouldn’t be able to use [name]Adeliah[/name] unless I put it in the name. Those other names, although beautiful, might not be unusual next year I have an [name]Elizabeth[/name] [name]Kennedy[/name] and never thought I would ever see another girl named [name]Kennedy[/name]. I hear now its in the top 100 girls names.
Very few people are anal enough to look at your birth certificate to figure out what they should call you. I don’t think the order of the name is that relevant. I have been called by my first name in Drs offices and by solicitors over the phone. Only my family and friends call me by my middle name, the one I am known for, the name I go by. I actually have preferred it.
[name]Mariah[/name], [name]Keziah[/name]…All have the same ending sound. She might have to explain it a few times in her life, like I have, but its never been a big issue for me( who also has a name that can be confused). When she is a big girl she can decide if she would like to be called [name]Lydia[/name] instead. She will have a choice there. Her name is classic enough to not be a major problem. Its not like I am giving her a name that will be difficult for her to have as she gets older. No [name]Gypsy[/name] [name]Moon[/name], [name]Jupiter[/name] Orbits here.
I think you should name her [name]Adeliah[/name]. I’m a teacher, and I’ve had a few students who go by their middle names and it confuses the crap out of me. On my roster and in my grade book they are one name, but they go by another. On all their state tests they have to put their “legal” name, but go by another. I’m not talking about a [name]Katherine[/name] going by [name]Katie[/name]. It’s confusing and makes your child stand out sometimes in a weird way. My students are in high school so they are used to it, but a kindergartner starting school? “Oh mommy calls me this, but my name is that…”
If my teaching experience has taught me anything about names is that they should be easy to say, recognizable (doesn’t have to be popular, just recognizable) and should be as closely related to what the child is usually called as possible.
I agree with you, dindlee.
I agree with dindlee and missusaytch.
If you’re going to call her [name]Adeliah[/name], that should be her name. I don’t mind calling people by their middle name but to me, it’s different when it’s their second middle name as opposed to their first (or only) middle name.
I am a homeschool mom that has mostly used tutors. My oldest girl is in college now ,about to finish her first year. I was just on the phone with her a minute ago and she was telling me that she would get really confused in school at first because they were calling her by her first name. She said she got use to it but the first few times she didn’t answer embarrassing her at first. Anyway, she likes her name, but did say that was a drawback.
Its so frustrating as I wanted to honor my Grandmother by using her name. I just don’t see how I can use both of those names and it work. My daughter said it wasn’t a big deal, but I guess I could see why that would be confusing for her and the teachers.
By that…I mean using both of those names with [name]Adeliah[/name] first and it working.
What would you suggest? Dropping one of those names? I am not sure that [name]Adeliah[/name] [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] has the same ring to it. Anyway, I appreciate your imput and for most all, your sensitivity to this hormonal pregnant lady who seems to keep getting road blocks to finding that perfect name:)
since [name]Adeliah[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name] are so close in sound I think [name]Adeliah[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Lydia[/name] sounds almost the same as the way you want to do it. [name]William[/name] is a name passed down as a first in my family a lot so most go by their middle names. Almost all of them wish [name]William[/name] would have been their middle name instead to make things easier.
Thanks for all the suggestions and comments . We have decided after much consideration to stick with this name. We like the flow of the name and the family history and meaning behind the name. We have factored in all the negative with the positive and feel that the positive has won out for us. We are sorry for all the future teachers… who we will bring a few days of frustration too.
As far as our girl goes… We will give her a heads up when she goes to college and let her know she needs to perhaps let her professors know that she is called by a different name …if she chooses to go by the name we are calling her. My other children, and this is my seventh, are all very happy with their names. So hopefully she will be also.
I don’t really like adaliya. [name]Lydia[/name] is nice.
Sounds lovely. I would spell [name]Katherine[/name] as [name]Kathryn[/name] though (I am biased as that is my name!)