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Not a fan of Adelheid or Ally, sorry. But I see that it could be a possible nn for it.

I think Ally is a reasonable enough nn for Adelheid, though I don't care for Ally itself.

Since Alice is from Adelheid / Adelheidis, then I guess I can see Ally as a nn. To me, nns are the place for creativity, whimsy, affection. As long as the child is given a decent formal name to fall back on, one they can be proud of, pretty much any nn is fine by me. (P.S. I love the name Adelheid.)

I think Ally could work as a nn for Adelheid, yep.

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But I think Ally's way too common, and it sounds childish to me. I prefer Heidi or maybe Adel / Adele if you're going with Adelheid. I would also suggest Alice--because Alice was originally a short form of Adelheid--but today Alice seems like too much of a stretch to be a nn for anything.

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Miranda
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Adelheid is nice but I would use Heidi as a nn, Ally is plausible but I find it too cutesy and whiney sounding

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I'm rather liberal with nns, so I think Ally for Adelheid is fine. Yet I think this name has more possibilities: Ada, Heidi, etc.

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I like Ally. It's the name of my cousin (though I found out recently it's spelt Ali, because his father was a Muslim - when I was younger, I didn't know this and spelt it "Alley"). I think Ally would work okay for Adelheid, too.

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