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Seriously, this is so wild - you really love a name where the first syllable, also the emphasized syllable, is "ADD" - you could think of the name as a celebration and contextualization of that syllable itself, like "ADD" is seriously the main character - but you really strongly dislike that syllable on its own, plus a friendly "ie" at the end? Really? You love Adelaide and really dislike Addie? That's like loving guacamole and hating avocado. Granted, there are some people like that, but, well, they're baffling.

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I don't know if it's inevitable that people will call her Addie. A lot of young Christophers with uptight mummies are carefully called "Christopher" all the time nowadays. There's much more of a respect for "the text" in general. But, like, ... how do you love a name whose first syllable you hate? Wouldn't you WANT to call her Addie?

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