So, I’m certainly not planning another baby anytime soon…but I can’t stop thinking about these two names. What do you think of [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] and [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]? Are they suitable with [name_m]Leopold[/name_m]? Our adopted daughter’s name doesn’t really fit with our biological sons name so I won’t include it as part of the discussion, although we did give her a middle with L in it that we call her with her given name.
I was thinking [name_f]Laidy[/name_f] as a nn for [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] and [name_f]Evie[/name_f] or [name_f]Lena[/name_f]/[name_f]Leni[/name_f] for [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]? ( [name_f]Leni[/name_f] might be too much of a stretch)
So…
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Clover[/name_f] and my maiden name +S last name
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] [name_f]Clover[/name_f] or [name_f]Alice[/name_f] my maiden name + S last name.
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] - [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Addy[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], [name_f]Delly[/name_f], [name_f]Adela[/name_f], [name_f]Elle[/name_f] & [name_f]Laidy[/name_f] (my favourites are [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] & [name_f]Delly[/name_f]) - I’m not a fan of [name_f]Laidy[/name_f], she might get mocked :S
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] - [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_u]Angie[/name_u], [name_f]Lena[/name_f], [name_f]Elena[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] & [name_f]Elle[/name_f] (my favourites are [name_f]Lena[/name_f] & [name_f]Ellie[/name_f]) - I like your nicknames for this but I’m not sure about [name_m]Len[/name_m]i, I’d stick with [name_m]Len[/name_m]a
I think they all go well together. They all have an old fashioned air about them.
For [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], I think [name_f]Laidy[/name_f] is sweet. I would probably do [name_u]Day[/name_u] (there was a fun character in one of my favorite authora books named [name_u]Day[/name_u], so I love it). There’s also, [name_f]Addie[/name_f], Adeh (not sure how to spell it out, but like the first bit, a-deh), [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Laila[/name_f], Laida, [name_f]Lala[/name_f] (laylay)
For [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], I like [name_f]Lena[/name_f]. [name_f]Evie[/name_f] would be my personal favorite. There’s also [name_f]Eve[/name_f], [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_u]Van[/name_u] (for the tomboy), [name_u]Angie[/name_u], [name_u]Angel[/name_u], [name_f]Lele[/name_f] (leelee), [name_u]Jean[/name_u] (all the sounds are there with g+line)
I think both names go with [name_m]Leopold[/name_m], although I much prefer [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] to [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] myself.
[name_f]Laidy[/name_f] for [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is cute, but my favorite nickname for [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is [name_f]Della[/name_f]. For [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f], I like both [name_f]Evie[/name_f] and [name_f]Lena[/name_f], as well as @dantea’s suggestion of [name_u]Jean[/name_u]. I also knew a girl with the name who went by [name_f]Vangie[/name_f], which is interesting - it sounds nicer than it looks on paper to me, though.
I adore both, but slightly prefer [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] for [name_m]Leopold[/name_m]'s sister. [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] [name_f]Clover[/name_f] is beautiful and I like your idea of using [name_f]Laidy[/name_f] as nn (I like it much better than [name_f]Addy[/name_f]! Lol) Other than that: [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_u]Day[/name_u] (I second Dantea’s suggestion on this one), [name_f]Aida[/name_f].
[name_f]Evangeline[/name_f]: [name_f]Eva[/name_f], [name_f]Evie[/name_f], [name_u]Angie[/name_u] (the obvious), [name_f]Aline[/name_f], Leane.
That’s why I asked! [name_f]Aida[/name_f] and [name_u]Day[/name_u] are sweet. Our close friend has as [name_f]Ava[/name_f]- too close? [name_f]Lena[/name_f] is nice, but I think I like [name_f]Evie[/name_f] or even [name_u]Evan[/name_u].
[name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] and [name_f]Elle[/name_f] are very nice but our daughters middle is [name_f]Ella[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f] ( after g’ma and a family friend) Having a [name_f]Delly[/name_f], [name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f] added might be too much [name_f]Ell[/name_f].