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I'm used to Adelheid, and it's not bad, though a lot to live up to! Adalheidis seems wilfully medieval, fine for a character (fictional or historical) but not IRL.

I pronounce it like a-da-LIE-dis, not sure how correct that is. According to what Bear said, I'm close, just need to say the H. I think it's pretty, although it doesn't totally grab me. I think it's because I'm so over Adelaide, and Adalheidis is close enough. But Adalheidis has a lot more strength and substance to it than Adelaide, so I could totally come around if I were to find myself in a white-horse-riding medieval heroine mood.

I was just thinking about Adalheidis in a thread below. It's "a-dul-HIDE-is." I love it. It's the origin of Adelheid (and thus Heidi), Adelaide, Adela, Adele, Adeline, as well as Alice and variants therefrom. No one believes me when I tell them that Adele and Alice are variants until I tell them about Adalheidis.

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I can also see the nn Dolly being used for Adalheidis, as well as Addie. It's an amazingly versatile name.

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Adalheidis makes me think of Dark Ages Europe during Charlemagne. It's got sturdy, Germanic flair and it just drips with history. So it makes my brain very, very happy. It wouldn't be the easiest fn to live with, but used as a GP mn it could work wonders.

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This message was edited 9/26/2011, 11:14 AM