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HelpIs Heidi Adeline etymologically redundant?
The name Adelheid, coming from Ancient Germanic Adelheidis, means "the noble type." Branching off Adelheid we get Adelaide, Adela / Adele, Adeline, etc. And also Heidi - initially a diminutive, but now firmly established as its own name (kind of like Sally, Sadie, Eliza, etc.).
This got me thinking: Heidi, by itself, technically just means "kind, sort, type" of something. Consequently, Adeline is "noble" with a French suffix. So... would Heidi Adeline work, as a combo? Or is it still etymologically redundant?
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This got me thinking: Heidi, by itself, technically just means "kind, sort, type" of something. Consequently, Adeline is "noble" with a French suffix. So... would Heidi Adeline work, as a combo? Or is it still etymologically redundant?
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Yes it’s etymologically redundant, but they sound different enough and only a select few namenerdy people would even know that.
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I do think it's redundant, and both names sound too similar to be in the same combo to me.
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It's alright because people don't notice. I might not even notice if I met her.
There's a thousand combos similar to it that you could make. I've been having some fun trying to come up with some.
I think it technically *could* be considered a little bit etymologically redundant -- and it would bother me if I looked up the meanings of my names, and found they both might have the same root.
But I also think it doesn't seem that likely that Adeline came from Adelheidis ... It seems to me more likely to be related to Adallindis / Ethelinda. Heidi Adelaide would be unmistakably redundant, in a way Heidi Adeline is not.
There's a thousand combos similar to it that you could make. I've been having some fun trying to come up with some.
I think it technically *could* be considered a little bit etymologically redundant -- and it would bother me if I looked up the meanings of my names, and found they both might have the same root.
But I also think it doesn't seem that likely that Adeline came from Adelheidis ... It seems to me more likely to be related to Adallindis / Ethelinda. Heidi Adelaide would be unmistakably redundant, in a way Heidi Adeline is not.
This message was edited 12/23/2019, 12:39 AM
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I think it is fine, sounds lovely.
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Well, I wouldn't use it because I know they both derive from "adal" something, but I'm fairly sure 99% of people won't know/notice/care, and technically, no. Putting the names together is more like a remake of Adelheid's meaning than a repetition of the same meaning.
This message was edited 12/22/2019, 8:45 PM
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It's fine. People really are not that hung up over what a name means and especially not what ancient roots it has and what it's related to. Heidi Adeline doesn't sound repetitive and neither name is an actual word.
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