I have posted before and we originally decided on [name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Adel[/name] [name]Cotton[/name]. We wanted to call her [name]Adalia[/name]/[name]Adaliah[/name]… pronounced like [name]Ad[/name] a lie a. Most nameberies gave thumbs down as they felt [name]Adalia[/name]/[name]Adaliah[/name] should be somewhere in the name if we were going to call her by that name. We want to use [name]Lydia[/name](family name) in the name but call her [name]Adalia[/name]. So both of those names need to be in there.
We have been told that a name in the middle of those two names would sound better. You are free to give suggestions and tell us how you feel about these names…
[name]Lydia[/name] [name]Katherine[/name] [name]Adalia[/name] [name]Cotton[/name]
I would separate [name]Adalia[/name] and [name]Lydia[/name] since they have an identical rhythm. I like the short [name]Jane[/name] in the middle as otherwise the whole name risks being too long, and it keeps the meter interesting (3-1-3-2 syllable count).
Since you’re sure you want to call her [name]Adalia[/name], put that in the front. No sense burying it in third place. And if [name]Lydia[/name] is a requirement… My vote, therefore:
If youre free to elaborate a bit on [name]Lydia[/name], I would use [name]Lydie[/name] (French version) or Liddy, and make it [name]Adalia[/name] [name]Lydie[/name] [name]Cotton[/name].
And finally, I would absolutely not pronounce [name]Adalia[/name] with a long I-- I’m way too used to pronouncing -ia as ee-ah. (And i might say the A as a long A–like a-[name]DAY[/name]-lee-uh). Have you tried different spellings to get your preferred pronunciation? Adelaia?
My final vote, if changes are allowed, is Adelaia [name]Lydie[/name] [name]Cotton[/name]-- sounds great.
The trouble with using [name]Adalia[/name] as a fn is that I’m not sure that people would pronounce it the way you want it pronounced (I’ve heard both “uh-dail-yuh” or “uh-dahl-yuh”). Your pronunciation “[name]Ad[/name] a lie a” sounds more like the boys Hebrew/Biblical name to me. There is also a [name]German[/name] girls name [name]Adalia[/name] so there are actually two sources - one masculine and one feminine.
We have friends who named their little girl after a great-grandmother – [name]Leila[/name]. Trouble is, the great grandma pronounced her name lee-eye-luh instead of lay-luh. So that’s how their little girl’s name is pronounced. Yes, they have to correct EVERYONE the first time, but it is worth it to them. If you really want to go with [name]Adalia[/name] (a-dah-lye-uh), you can make it work. Here are the combos I think flow best