I love the name [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] for a girl, and I also love the nickname options. But is [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] a bit too long for a young child? (not naming a person anytime soon, just wondering)
I have a long name, I love it. I usually go by a short version of it but I really like having a long one (4 syllables). And I find it funny sometimes that my partner’s full name is the same length as just my first name 
No, not at all. It’s regal and pretty. Plus they won’t be a child forever.
Adelaide is definitely not too long for a baby or young child. [name_m]Long[/name_m] names have been used for years, sometimes with a nickname, sometimes without. I’ve never used a nickname for my name and it’s pretty long. Never had any issues.
Children grow into their names. 
There’s nothing wrong with long names! Learning how to spell and recognize their name is one of the first things children are able to do when it comes to literacy. It’s not any more difficult for an [name_f]Ava[/name_f] to learn her name than a [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]—it just might take [name_f]Genevieve[/name_f] longer to write out all the letters!
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Long names generally aren’t my style, however I like long names that have nicknames that could be used. [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is fine! I also LOVE the nickname [name_f]Lady[/name_f]
I think the beauty of a long name like [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is that you can shorten it if you feel it’s “too long” or “too much” at any point in a child’s life. [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] could be [name_f]Ada[/name_f] or [name_f]Edie[/name_f] or [name_f]Lady[/name_f] or some other pet name, but she will always have that formal name to fall back on if she ever wants it.
Likewise, if [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is struggling to learn to spell her full name as fast as [name_f]Ava[/name_f] and [name_u]Liam[/name_u], she can always master [name_f]Ada[/name_f] first and then progress to the full name.
I’m married to a [name_u]Max[/name_u], which is a lovely, simple, solid name, but he’s [name_m]Maximilian[/name_m] really, and I think that’s awesome! Our children all have short names, but that’s more due to personal name style and our surname, which is pretty long. [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is lovely!
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It’s a cool name! And don’t worry about the fact that it’s too long, children have a hard time learning to spell their names no matter long or short. I know a little girl who is called [name_f]Evangeline[/name_f] and her parents insist that she’s called that, no nn allowed. And it fits her perfectly. [name_m]Long[/name_m] names are great for everybody!.
Most of the names I really love are quite long, and I do think part of the appeal is having a multitude of nickname options because it gives kids a little more control over their identity.
I don’t think [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is too long at all. [name_f]My[/name_f] name is [name_f]Brittany[/name_f], which is the same number of letters, and I never had too much issue with it. If you have a really long surname that can make it a lot for a little kid to work with in terms of learning to write it out, but it’s far from undoable.
I love long names! I think they’re perfectly fine for a young child. [name_m]Long[/name_m] names allow room for tailoring in a way shorter names don’t.
Adelaide has so many versatile nicknames, it seems very wearable
[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is definitely not too long! I love long names for other people, yet somehow they don’t work for me personally. I’ve actually had [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] on my extended list for forever, but it’s never made its way to the top!
For me, my concerns with long names tend to not be based on how many letters there are, but how many syllables. [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is only three syllables and takes just as long to say as so many names with way fewer letters. If spelling is the issue, it’s common enough that it should be easy to get. The good thing about long names is that they have a lot of nickname options, but [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] doesn’t have that many. Though I knew an [name_f]Addie[/name_f]/Addy and I think that would be pretty cute.
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No! Not too long at all! I love long girl names bc they are strong, super feminine, and often classic. I like when girls have a long name and then a nn to go by. It was actually a requirement for my little girl’s name. Though a short name is cute, I don’t like that they’re stuck with it and have no obvious nn options. [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] is adorable, gorgeous, timeless.
It’s a beautiful name and I love a lot of long names like it. However, having a long surname myself, I will say that your long-named child may resent you long term when they’re filling in forms as an adult and there aren’t enough boxes or spaces to fit the letters maybe by then there’ll be different technology to solve this problem!
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As someone with a long name herself, I can conform that I made my mum and everyone around me call me G, because everyone had shorter names ; [name_u]Sam[/name_u], [name_f]Emma[/name_f], [name_m]Ben[/name_m]. I don’t regret my long name though, because I have a short middle name ([name_f]Nina[/name_f]) and long names are beautiful and elegant and anyone can grow into it.
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Not at all! I say this as somebody whose top five are all four-syllables. If a heavier name is on a really little child, you can always use a nickname until they’re older.
Adelaide is beautiful and not something I would have really considered a long name even though it’s three syllables it doesn’t feel long. It has so many shortening options as well… [name_f]Addie[/name_f], [name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Adela[/name_f], [name_f]Laidy[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f].