WDYT? Shuffling ideas around in my head....

Girl Names
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Option #1: Audefleda (OWDah-FLEH-dah -French, Od-Fled-dah-German)) for a girl. Composed of Germanic adal “noble” and Old English flæd “beauty”. Famous bearer is Audefleda [name_f]Princess[/name_f] of Franks.

Nickname option include: [name_u]Audie[/name_u], [name_f]Auda[/name_f], [name_u]Del[/name_u], [name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_f]Fleda[/name_f], Flee, Flea (flee-ah), [name_f]Eda[/name_f],
[name_u]Ede[/name_u] (Ay-duh), [name_f]Edie[/name_f], [name_f]Uda[/name_f], Udela and [name_f]Udella[/name_f]

Option #2: Adelrune ([name_m]AH[/name_m]-del-roon), for a girl. Composed of the Germanic elements adal meaning “noble, elegant” and run meaning “secret” (or also perhaps ‘charm, appeal’). I couldn’t find any famous bearers. Nicknames: [name_f]Adele[/name_f], [name_f]Ada[/name_f], [name_u]Dell[/name_u], [name_f]Della[/name_f], [name_f]El[/name_f], [name_f]Ellie[/name_f], [name_f]Ella[/name_f] Elrune, Elruna, Elrunia ([name_f]El[/name_f]-Roon-ee-ah), Runi, Roonie, Runia (roon-ee-ah), and Runa

IMHO, each name sparkles in its own way and each have more nicknames than you can shake a stick at… [name_f]My[/name_f] favorite is leaning toward Adelrune. I want to pair one of these names with the Cornish name, Morvoren (mermaid). I haven’t decided what will be the first or the middle name, yet.
I’m just shuffling things around in my head, so please help me out.
Give me your opinions or suggestions!

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I really like the meaning behind both names, but I personally prefer Adelrune mainly because of pronunciation and I just like the look of it better. I had a hard time trying to pronounce Audefleda the first couple of times. Interesting choices!

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I like that with either choice,the meanings pair well with Morvoren. I had to do some research on how to correctly pronounce Audefleda, and I chose the [name_m]French[/name_m] way over the [name_m]German[/name_m] Oh-deh-fleda… Once you get it, it rolls of the tongue pretty easily, but Your right Adelrune does look better aesthetically. I keep connecting Audefleda to audio.

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Adelrune is exquisite. Audefleda is a little harder to say, and the “ow” syllable doesn’t ring as lovely to me, but both are unique in the best sense.

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Thanks for the reply, I’m adjusting to the awduh sound in Audefleda too. It wears on you after awhile, in a good way. I think Adelrune is AmaaaZing too !!

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I love the [name_f]Aud[/name_f]- sound in names, but Audefleda is not the one I would choose… I have Audovera (Audovére) on my lists which I think is much more appealing, sonically speaking. Audefleda is interesting, but for me not nearly interesting enough to surpass it’s clunky awkwardness.

I was surprised to find I have Adelrune on my list XD The list is sort of long so it makes sense that there are names there I’m not fully aware of. I think the style is a little too clunky and Germanic to me, too close to home also. And I have a special relationship to [name_f]Adelaide[/name_f], so Adelrune probably won’t ever be considered.

I like the -rune element. Some of my favourite Nordic names have that, although it’s usually spelled -run. Audrun is a favourite but also Solrun (sounds much nicer than it looks, you can listen here). And I like Eirunn but it doesn’t have the same element, it’s composed of [name_f]Eir[/name_f]- (protection, linked to [name_f]Eir[/name_f], goddess of healing) and -unn (wave or love).

With Morvoren, I like Morvoren Adelrune the most. Audefleda Morvoren is the best combination og the two, but I’m not charmed at all…
Audovera would be more troublesome with Morvoren [name_f]IMO[/name_f]. Too many similar sounds.

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I love the idea of using Morvoren Adelrune Esclarmond -which would mean: Mermaid-[name_m]Noble[/name_m] Secrete-[name_u]Bright[/name_u] and Clear Protection…

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Your right Solrunn does sounds pretty, but I think it would be hard to convince people that their is a d in the annunciation.

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Thanks for your replies!