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4/8/11 - My Dec 2010 daughter is names Adelia. Pronouned Ady+Leah or Ah-dee-LEE-ahh,even Adele + Leah is ok.

JUST NOT Ah-dell-leah!

About %40 of people say it wrong but most comment on how pretty it is. Hope it becomes a little more popular!

My little sister's name is Adelia it was our great great grandmother's name. She loves her name and people always say it is very pretty.

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I was named for a misprint of my grandmother's name Delia. I was called Dee, but in the city where I started school I was not allowed to go by Dee but had to go by Adelia. I was constantly teased for it and have always hated my name. My daughter loves my name and neamed her younger daughter after me. We call her D-d, but in 2nd grade her best friend declared that she loved her full given name so she has gone by Adelia at school ever since. She is now in 7th grade.

Nicknames for Adelia: | Edit

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Adi (pronounced Ay-dee)
Adi (pronounced Ah-dee)
Dee
Dilly
Lia (pronounced Leah)

Meanings and history of the name Adelia: | Edit

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from Adele (German) "Noble" and Leah (Hebrew) "Bringer of the Gospel"

"Adelia" is a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae, with subfamily Acalyphoideae.

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"Adelia, O La Figlia Dell'Arciere" ("Adelia, or The Archer's Daughter") is an opera in three acts, by Gaetano Donizetti.

The book "Remembering Adelia: Quilts Inspired By Her Diary" by Kathleen Tracy.