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Oh, wow. Adolphus.

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I fell in love with it while watching an old movie version of the George Bernard Shaw play, "Major Barbara." A very young Rex Harrison was playing the male lead, Adolphus. His nn was Dolly. Too cute.

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I don't suggest it because (a) I didn't think anyone else would like it and (b) it's got Adolph in there. Adolph, as much as I love it as a name, it now taboo. :-( So the question in my mind becomes: is Adolphus far enough removed from Adolph? I go back and forth.

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I placate myself with Alphonsus, but I really do miss Adolphus.

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Combos? Wow. That's hard. How about:

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Adolphus Menjou (just kidding)
Adolphus Henry
Adolphus Leopold
Adolphus Noel
Adolphus Hector
Adolphus Max
Adolphus Kim
Adolphus Kit
Adolphus Eugene
Adolphus Prosper
Adolphus Benedict
Adolphus Oberon
Adolphus Constantine
Adolphus Melchior

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I like it

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my great-great-great or something grandfather was named Adolphus. I like it because it is rather over the top. It sounds like a Jules Verne scientist or something. VERY dynamic old-world :)

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My combos are pretty silly because I have that association with it, I hope you don't mind

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Adolphus Otto Algernon
Adolphus Leopold Rex
Adolphus Oscar Theo
Adolphus Adam Charles
Adolphus Morgan Hugo
Adolphus Calvin Leo
Adolphus Hector Dean
Adolphus Martin Lewis
Adolphus Chester Clark
Adolphus Bernard Rhys
Adolphus Gregory Simon
Adolphus Edward Phineas
Adolphus Barnaby Duncan

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hee these were fun!

This message was edited 5/16/2011, 8:33 AM

The actual sound of the name is OK, although I find -us names to sound a little bit strange (they just sound like a fictional Roman emperor or something).

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Obviously it's unusuable in real life as it's so close to Adolf, and it's hard to be impartial about other aspects of the name.

I like it. It sounds very American to me. Heavy and elegant. I feel like it would be better as a middle name since Adolf names obviously have a lot of baggage. But I don't think the connection is overwhelming.
I am really throwing things together here since Adolphus is hard for me to pair.
Adolphus James Endymion
Adolphus Benjamin Franklin (I can't help it...)
Adolphus John Valentin
Adolphus Abram Orfeo
Alois Adolphus Valentin
Adolphus Edward Dietrich
Frank Adolphus Prosper
Adolphus Emmerich George
Henry Adolphus Prosper
Adolphus Theodore Vartan
Adolphus Henry Viorel

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I like Ernest Adolphus and Henry Adolphus the best.

Not usable, not ever. Sorry!

Well it is better than Adolf.

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Adolphus Jasper Bertrand
Adolphus Dock Napoleon
Adolphus Emmet Lonzo
Adolphus Felix Hermann
Adolphus William Alpheus
Adolphus Frances Gustav
Adolphus Harmon Phineas
Adolphus Walter Carson
Adolphus Wolf Augustin
Adolphus Matthias Ephraim

I would probably love this name too if it weren't for the Adolf associations. I would never do that to a kid, but you're right about the old world charm. I'm tying to think of middle names but I'm coming up with more names that IT could be a middle name for. I like the sound of Theo Adolphus.

I can't get behind it. One of my least favorite teachers would quote this line from Huck Finn, "my servant Adolphus!"

This is a family name for me and I like it. I would use it.

Any form of Adolf is pretty much ruined. Sorry.