Adelaide vs Gwendolen

[freewilly42]

I'd love to hear your thoughts on these two names. DH and I are pretty sure our baby girl will be named one of them, but we can't agree on which one! Pros/cons/thoughts? We're thinking probably:

Adelaide Elizabeth
Gwendolen Claire

[Idani]

Gwendolen Claire for sure.

I can't imagine another "Addy" at this point and I think it would be too easy of a nickname. Gwendolen is underused and fresher.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

Gwendolen by SO much.

[AleWife]

Agreed. Addy, Maddy, Haddie, etc... over it.

[Widget123]

Feb 3, 2015 15:44:04 GMT -5 Idani said:

Gwendolen Claire for sure.

I can't imagine another "Addy" at this point and I think it would be too easy of a nickname. Gwendolen is underused and fresher.

This, although my personal pref is the -lyn spelling

[ashiscute]

Gwendolen Claire for sure. I don't see the appeal of Adelaide and it feels overdone with all of the Addison's and Adelyns out there.

[michellina]

Another vote fro Gwendolen here!

[freewilly42]

Wow, didn't expect it to be so lopsided! Good points, everyone. Thanks.

[ugotstarbucked]

Gwendolyn Claire is AMAZEBALLS.

I'm a little over the Addy trend.

[mags]

Gwendolyn

[DanaScullyX]

Love Gwendolyn and prefer this spelling.

[reginaphalange]

Adelaide all the way. I don't care for Gwendolen at all

[puppygurl21]

Another Gwendolyn fan here and I also like this spelling better

[leahb12]

Gwendolen Claire by so much. I love it. I've never been a fan of Adelaide, and I'm so over Addy as a nn.

[bromios]

Gwendolen by so much it isn't even a contest.

Edit: also, stick with the spelling Gwendolen, the version with a y is a variant.

[jmski]

Gwendolyn

[marisa00]

I love Gwendolen.

[ruemorgan]

I love Gwendolyn/en and and adelaide both so much, theyre both at the top of my list. So its tied for me. I know people hate "addy," but just correct people when they do it if you dont like it.


Eta ultimately I lean more on Gwendolyn/en because i cant picture an adult adelaide.

[spring78]

Feb 3, 2015 22:59:34 GMT -5 ruemorgan said:

I love Gwendolyn/en and and adelaide both so much, theyre both at the top of my list. So its tied for me. I know people hate "addy," but just correct people when they do it if you dont like it.


Eta ultimately I lean more on Gwendolyn/en because i cant picture an adult adelaide.

Adelaide was one of my great-grandmothers' names, so, to me, it has always been an old lady name. Funny how our experiences shape how we view names. I like Adelaide, but would avoid the nn Addy like the plague. Luckily, the name lends itself to other nns if you absolutely had to have one. Ada, Adel, Del, Dela... I wouldn't use a nn at all, personally.

Gwendolen is fine, too... Not my favorite, but a perfectly acceptable choice.

[clearlycrystal]

I like Adelaide. I know a sweet 4th grader with that name and she never goes by Addy. Maybe it is just me but I never use a nickname unless the child asks me to.

[heyitsmamac]

I really like Adelaide. I also don't think the name means an automatic nn of Addy. Gwendolen/lyn is one of my favorite names though.

[catahoulatte]

I like Adelaide but I'm over all the Addy names by now. Gwendolen is lovely.

[emmy236]

Well if this LO is a girl her MN will be Adelaide but it's a family name. It's my grandma's MN and I really wanted to honor her but DH doesn't like her FN but we're using her first initial. That being said I wouldn't have used it as FN because I'm really over the Addy trend. There are a million of them. I'm not loving Gwendolen/Lyn either. Just NMS.

[fakefinn]

I like both. I prefer Adelaide nn Ada over Gwendolyn nn Gwen.

[coconuthead]

Gwendolen 1000x.

[blasto!]

I'm biased (we're about 99% sure that Gwendolyn is going to be our LO's name), but definitely that. We had a brief love affair with Adelaide, too, but I didn't love Addy and really wanted to be able to give LO a cute nn (we're going with Wendy as my mom is Gwen).

[minervamae]

Another vote for Gwendolen.

[sweetpeabee]

Love Gwendolen Claire (though I do prefer the Gwendolyn spelling). Fantastic name!

[daystardreams]

I am in the minority because I pretty much love all the Addie names, however I like Gwendolyn better. I also don't have a preference on -lyn vs-len. I have always seen it with a y though.

[jessuh]

Feb 3, 2015 18:09:29 GMT -5 DanaScullyX said:

Love Gwendolyn and prefer this spelling.

Same! Our girl name was Guinevere this time so I'm super partial to the Gwens!
I actually don't like Adelaide at all and the Addy/Addie makes it worse for me