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I pronounce it two ways: ADD-uh-lien (rhymes with "mine") and ADD-uh-lyn (like Madeline). I prefer the first pronunciation but when I see the name, I often think of the second.

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I don't like Ovidia but then I don't like Olivia either. Ovidia sounds like a harsher version of Olivia and it also looks a bit like a typo.

I pronounce it add-uh-line, to rhyme with Caroline.

I pronounce it AD-ə-lien (rhymes with "mine"). I have a cousin named Adeline, and that is how her name is pronounced.

I pronounce it to rhyme with mine. I'm also firmly in the Madeline rhyming with vine camp though.

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Also not huge on nameberry, but I couldn't help but love Ovidia and Ovid. Kirrily was interesting too.

Sweet Adeline

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For me the barbershop quartet classic, "Sweet Adeline," will always influence the way I pronounce it. "AD-uh-line." How could an Adeline be anything but sweet? :-)

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Ovidia sounds like a product to my ears. Sorry. I did once hear a French Canadian politician with a gorgeous name, Ovide La Montagne. I disagree with his politics but I have to admit his name is wonderful.

This message was edited 4/30/2013, 4:27 PM

"ADD-uh-line." (rhymes with "mine.")

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Ovidia sounds like a medication to me.

I have always said it like "add a line." The one Adeline I ever knew pronounced it that way.

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I only ever heard Madeline or Madeleine pronounced "mad a line" in connection with the Madeleine books, and then you have to say it like that or it messes up the rhyme scheme. lol

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Ovidia sounds like a birth control pill.

My immediate pronunciation is add-uh-leen.

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Ovidia is cool! It sounds enough like Olivia that it doesn't seem 'strange' despite being uncommon.

I've always said a-də-LEN, but the final "n" isn't quite pronounced.

My grandpa dated an Adeline prounounced like "add a line." I've never heard it with "-leen." Nor with "-lin."

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I've hardly heard Madeline pronounced to rhyme "mine" anywhere, though. It seems like I must've heard it that way someplace, but every time I can think of having heard it, it was "-lin."

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Ovidia doesn't thrill me. It does sorta sound like it has to do with eggs (ova), or videos. Sometimes unfamiliar Latin-y names are nifty, but in this case it's not hitting me right.

This message was edited 4/30/2013, 7:22 PM

I say AD-uh-line, rhymes with mine.

I say ADD-uh-line. Pretty name.

Ad-uh-LINE

AH-deh-lin

Haha, I'm always stalking on Nameberry, even though I hate them. It's obsessive love-hate.

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I pronounce it like you, add-uh-leen. I'd say that with the exception of Clementine and Caroline, most -ine names that have an -ina equivalent are pronounced een. Adelina, Florentina, Augustina...

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Ovidia is cool. That article got me onto Petronilla and all its awesome variants as well.

Ovidia will often get mistaken for Olivia. It's all right.

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I guess most people think it's AD-eh-line because of the song. But I prefer AD-eh-leen and pronounce it AD-eh-leen as well. I also like AD-eh-linn (Madeline is pronounced MAD-eh-linn here) but prefer AD-eh-leen.

Like "add-a-line." I've never met an "add-a-leen."

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I have met more than one "add-a-lynn," but it was always spelled differently--Adalyn, Addylyn, or something like that.

I normally hear it pronounced AD-ə-lien and that's normally how I pronounce it, so like Madeline without the M.

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I also like to pronounce it as a-də-LEEN, I like both pronunciations, I used to prefer AD-ə-lien but lately I like both about equally. As well I really love Adelina which I pronounce as a-də-LEEN-ə.

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I keep debating lately if I prefer Adeline AD-ə-lien / a-də-LEEN or Adelina a-də-LEEN-ə, I have yet to decide which I prefer and this debate has been going on in my head for a few months now.

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Also Ovidia is a new one to me as well. I like it, it sounds very pretty but it does sound a bit like a product name to me for some type of high end lotion or some other high end product.

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This message was edited 5/1/2013, 12:19 PM

I pronounce it ADD a line; yes to rhyme with Madeline and Caroline.

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Ovidia looks made up and like a mismash of letters to me, like a really sucky pick in Scrabble.

Yes, I pronounce it 'A-də-lien.'

I pronounce it AD-a-line.

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Not a fan of Ovidia.