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HelpYet another "Ada" name option!
Me again...
How about "Adalynn Sue Mona"?
Adalynn is ranked at #173 in US Social Security Administration. I'm assuming it is mostly pronounced with short "a". But with the start of the name having "Ada", maybe a better option for using it as her nickname(?) We would pronounce the full name as aye-duh-lin and nn as aye-duh.
Opinions?!!!
P.S. to clarify what we are thinking (for those that haven't seen previous posts)...we really are liking the name Ada! But there are issues. Although we adore so many beautiful middle names that would go so well, we are having a hard time not using Sue as her middle name, as it is very meaningful. However, we feel "Ada Sue Mona" just isn't flowing for us.
How about "Adalynn Sue Mona"?
Adalynn is ranked at #173 in US Social Security Administration. I'm assuming it is mostly pronounced with short "a". But with the start of the name having "Ada", maybe a better option for using it as her nickname(?) We would pronounce the full name as aye-duh-lin and nn as aye-duh.
Opinions?!!!
P.S. to clarify what we are thinking (for those that haven't seen previous posts)...we really are liking the name Ada! But there are issues. Although we adore so many beautiful middle names that would go so well, we are having a hard time not using Sue as her middle name, as it is very meaningful. However, we feel "Ada Sue Mona" just isn't flowing for us.
This message was edited 4/15/2015, 4:52 PM
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I'm a bit confused on pronunciation. I was assuming you were pronouncing Ada AY-dah, where AY rhymes with 'day'. But now I see 'aye' and I'm reading it like 'Aye, Aye, Captain'. So 'aye' to me sounds like the letter I or the word 'eye'. That's not what you mean, is it?
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Should have been Ay-duh! Long 'a' sound!:)
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Adalynn sounds like Madeleine after reconstructive surgery. I really think you should just name her Ada if you're going to call her Ada. It's a perfectly ordinary, pleasant name. And if you don't enjoy Ada Sue, then try Ada Susan, Ada Suzanne or Ada Susannah, though that would be a bit a-heavy with your ln. Or try for a second mn: Ada Sue Maria? Ada Sue Pauline? Ada Sue Mathilde?
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We really love Ada on it's own, so we are considering Ada Susan or Suzanne still (agreed that Susannah is a bit much with all names ending in 'AH'). We've considered a second middle name, like Ada Sue Jacqueline (so it would be after my husband's grandmother and my great grandmother), but weren't sure if two middle names would be silly.. considered hyphenating it too? Ada Sue-Jacqueline Mona? Just so many options to consider!
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My kids all got two mns and nothing bad has happened! I don't see the point of hyphenating the mns, though.
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I'm not really understanding the issues with Ada. You want a longer name that the surname doesn't compete with so much? Or is it just that using Sue exactly as it is, is more important than using a first name you really love? Or do you just not really like Ada enough? or you feel like it's incomplete? You'd rather compromise on Ada as the first name, than compromise on Sue and make it Susan or Suzanne? I guess you just have different taste from me. To me, Ada Susan Mona (or Ada Suzanne Mona) is a stellar name, jackpot, game over. Not that it isn't fun to consider other options! It is.
Anyway I think the "feeling" of Adalynn is really different from Ada. Adalynn appears to me likely to be based on Adeline and pronounced ADD-a-lynn. Adalynn isn't to my personal taste. It has more of a jeans and flipflops vibe, like Brooklynn and Jaylynn and Ashlynn and Katelynn, while Ada is almost a flapper name, smart, tidy, sturdy, sexy.
But if you like Adalynn, it does sound good with Mona and mn Sue, and I think you could use the prn AID-a-lynn if you wanted. Even though people might get it wrong often they're teachable. I'd prefer Adalyn over Adalynn.
Anyway I think the "feeling" of Adalynn is really different from Ada. Adalynn appears to me likely to be based on Adeline and pronounced ADD-a-lynn. Adalynn isn't to my personal taste. It has more of a jeans and flipflops vibe, like Brooklynn and Jaylynn and Ashlynn and Katelynn, while Ada is almost a flapper name, smart, tidy, sturdy, sexy.
But if you like Adalynn, it does sound good with Mona and mn Sue, and I think you could use the prn AID-a-lynn if you wanted. Even though people might get it wrong often they're teachable. I'd prefer Adalyn over Adalynn.
This message was edited 4/15/2015, 6:38 PM
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We love Ada on it's own very much, but think Ada Sue Mona is a bit choppy.. We are fine with compromising on Sue to make it longer (Susan is actually the full name we are basing Sue off of, after my husbands grandmother), but we weren't sure Ada Susan sounded the best. Good to hear you like that option though! Thanks for your response, very helpful and lots to consider!
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Adalynn would work too, for obvious reasons. It depends if you prefer Adalynn to Adelaide though.
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