Middle names

[biancasablancas.livejournal.com]

I've tried on all the obvious ones (Rose, Grace, Claire, June, etc).

1) Middle name suggestions for Adeline ('line' prn like clothesline ha)

2) Opinions on Carmen? I attended a funeral today for one of the most beautiful women I have ever known called Carmel, but I prefer Carmen. I love the opera, and I love the fact that it has the sound "calm" in it. It's just a smooth name IMO.

Merci!

Comments

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I read the disclaimer above, but I have to say, I really do like Adeline Grace.

I love the name Carmen. There's something very exotic about it to me...maybe that's just leftover, though, from when my sole association with the name was the clever, mysterious thief who could hide not only around the world but also anywhere in time.

[norwegianeyes.livejournal.com]

carman reminds me too much of 'where in the world is carman san diego?'.it seems like a boys name to me as well. im sorry for your loss though.
middle names: vivianne. brooke. may. violet. belle. delta. mary. louise. ann. virginia. carol. helene.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I'm really getting fond of the name Adeline too, even though I like it better pronounced Adelynn =P
Suggestions:
Adeline Mae/May
Adeline Jewel
Adeline Faye
Adeline Quinn
Adeline Belle
Adeline Blair
Adeline Fleur

I think a one-syllable name sounds best with Adeline, since it's a pretty long name =)
I like the name Carmen, but I don't like it enough to use it ;) I like Carmela, too.

[kimber-leigh.livejournal.com]

i think Adeline Carmen has a lovely sound to it.. and i also like the fact that it's different from the names everyone else is using these days (ie: rose, grace, clair, june, etc..)

if you want to pay tribute to the woman you mentioned or just like names with that sound.. here are some others you could try:

Adeline Carena (kah REE nah)
Adeline Corinne (kor RYN)
Adeline Carmilla
Adeline Carissa (kah RIS ah)

[missmaxattax.livejournal.com]

Adeline Leigh
Adeline Elise
Adeline Annalise
Adeline Diane
Adeline Lily
Adeline Rhea
Adeline Leslie

[missmaxattax.livejournal.com]

Oh and I also used to love the name Carmen.. but my old Spanish teacher ruined it for me. I like Cameron much better.

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

Adeline Jude
Adeline Aubrey (I know - redundant A's but still)
Adeline Elizabeth
Adeline Mae

Carmen is really pretty. I wouldn't use it (have a cousin and aunt named Carmen), but, I do like it. Carmen Adeline is cute :).

[sheshellabella.livejournal.com]

I second Adeline Grace! Adeline June is really cute too.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Adeline rhyming with clothesline? that's really weird, franly speaking.
It's like going kr88v with pronounciation instead of spelling!

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

To me, pronouncing Adeline to rhyme with clothesline is the most logical way to pronounce it. Like Madeline without the M.

[italianangel78.livejournal.com]

Adeline Marie
Adeline Faith
Adeline Skylar
Adeline Renee
Adeline Joy
Adeline Rose sounds very musical.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

that would make sense, but you're actually the first person I hear of that pronounces Madeline like that.
Tv shows, songs, people, it's always been Mad-uh-lyn.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

also, if you're reading it phonetically, why don't you pronouce it Maid-line?

[sykotropic.livejournal.com]

because its not two syllables

[sykotropic.livejournal.com]

Madeline the children's book character is pronounced this way.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Elizabeth is not two syllables either, yet it's perfectly readable the phonetic way.

[mrsduryee.livejournal.com]

I really like Adeline Noelle for some reason.

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

I like Adeline Briana.
And I'm in love with your icon!

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

First of all, I still am pronouncing it phonetically, you just have to parse it correctly. Mad-el-line. But I'm actually pronouncing it like the first place I heard it, the little French girl Madeline in the children's books. But anyway I've always pronounced Madeline like that, and Madeleine or Madelyn like Mad-a-lynn.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I'm not 100% sure how it works in english, but I'm pretty sure that if you break it up in syllables, it should be Ma-de-li-ne. Mad-el-line means putting an extra 'l' in there.

About the character in the books, you're actually the third person to mention it, it just seems really strange that it would be like that, as in french it would be Ma-duh-LEE-ne (phonetically). But I think they only have Madeleine there and not Madeline.

It would make sense considering the same thing happened to the name Caroline, which is Caro-LEE-ne in french and Caro-line in english.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

By putting the 'l' in both places, I meant only that it rolls. Sort of like Elizabeth is a mix between El-izabeth and Uh-lizabeth. Mad-uh-line, Mad-uhl-ine. The French books are definitely Madeline, and I don't think it matters so much that she's French as that the name can be pronounced like I'm pronouncing it. And it makes sense to me. Madeline looks like Mad-uh-line and Madeleine looks like Mad-uh-lane in French and Mad-uh-lynn in English. So I always pronounce Madeline and Madeleine differently. I know thats not the way a lot of people divide it, but everyone I've ever met accepts Madeline to rhyme with clothesline as a legitimate pronunciation. In English anyway. I did take linguistics.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

That's not at all how you would split the syllables in English. The way you have it split has us saying "Mah-dee-lih-knee."

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

then how do you split them?
because I know Sara, Anna, Eva are two syllables, so that would match how they're split in italian.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

You've split Madeline into four syllables. It's only 3. So it should be Mad/e/line if you'd just using the letters there.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

ah I see, that makes sense! thanks

[biancasablancas.livejournal.com]

I grew up on a kid's show, Madeline (with clothesline prn), but I pronounce Madeline/Madeleine/Madalyn in real life mad-ah-lyn.

Plus, Elliott Smith has a song called Sweet Adeline with that prn, which was the first time I heard the name, kinda stuck.

Thanks for your thoughts :)

[lneef.livejournal.com]

Adeline is lovely and I think either pronunciation is acceptable.

Adeline Carmen is gorgeous. Carmen is nice in general. It was my name in seventh grade Spanish class!

re: pronounciation issues.

[biancasablancas.livejournal.com]

I find Adeline prn like Madeleine but without the 'm' a little bit unfinished, the little girl might be always being asked "did you say your name was Madeleine?" Perhaps they would spell her name Adeleine, or even Adalyn etc. which I don't like, it just seems to be following the -lyn -lynn trend.

Adeline clothesline (haha possible nn?) stands on its own a little better, it's not going to be viewed or said of as "like Madeleine without the 'm'".
It's a completely different name and not just a variation on Madeleine.

Thanks for everyone's comments, btw. Carmen's had a good reception which is surprising 'cause I can't recall it being on any, if not many peoples' names lists.

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

1) i don't know how my cousin spells adeline, but her middle name is mary. :]
2) first of all, i'm sorry. second of all, i like carmen much better than carmel. i get minor flashbacks to carmen san diego, and the numerous parodies of songs from the opera. it's a *very* pretty name. :)

[innegrire.livejournal.com]

I know you've already said it, but Adeline Grace. I know I, having Grace as a middle name myself (Anna Grace), am biased, but I think it goes with anything as a middle name.

Re. Carmen. I too adore that opera, and the name. But, when telling a daughter why she was named that, say 'you were named for Carmel, but I liked the sound of Carmen better.' Because that is a hell of a lot nicer to say than 'you were named for a prostitute.'

That's what I love about opera - you can sing a bunch of songs about a scandalous woman and her affairs, and call it art :)