Message: "Ada, Adele or Adela?"

[Opinions] Ada, Adele or Adela?

by Felie

9/7/2019, 3:30 AM

Hi !!!

Ada, Adele and Adela have the same origin adal meaning "noble" in Ancient Germanic.

Ada: simple and short. It doesn't need any nickname. I think that it is pretty ageless. In 2017 were born 131 Ada in Italy.

Adele (a-DEH-le): the most popular form right now. In 2017 were born 1,486 Adele in Italy (#31). It is the "traditional" form but I dislike it because it seems neutral, not the feminine form. If I were an official I would judge it unisex (actually it isn't but I like to consider it avallable for this role in the future, when unisex names will be used here in Italy too).

Adela: only 12 of them born in 2017. Infact it is Romanian, not strickly Italian. Between Adele and Adela I prefer Adela for a girl.

So..tell me:
Which one and why?

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#Ada #Adela #Adele

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- Wisteria (Tawnee)

9/8/2019, 8:49 AM

I like Ada the best. I don't like the dell sound in Adele and Adela.

- JemimahGertrude

9/7/2019, 3:49 PM

Adela, because it has the most scope for nicknames.
Ada seems like an old lady name. Pronounced your way, Adele sounds like a type of penguin, the Adelie.

- Fictionfan86181 (Realisticmindxxx)

9/7/2019, 11:39 AM

Ada

Adele is too closely associated with the singer and Adela sounds strange to me. Actually they both do but its mostly the other.
Ada is simple, short and has a nice sound to it. A beautiful name similiar to Ava.

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

9/7/2019, 5:54 AM

Where I live, Adele would only be two syllables and would be my pick.
Given the info about where you live, I would go with Adela. I find Adela both prettier and far more interesting than Ada.

- ari. +1

9/7/2019, 4:43 AM

Ada (AY-də, I find the A-da pronunciation ugly). Adele is too closely associated with the singer, and Adela sounds too snobbish.

- Kerilyntaryn

9/7/2019, 5:19 AM

I like Adele best

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