Man, Molly hit it out of the park on this one. She demonstrated to the world her great taste when she named her daughter Mathilda Ereni five years ago. When presented with a name nerd’s dream of naming two at once, the much beloved awkward beauty from Sixteen Candles did not disappoint.
Adele Georgiana Ringwald Gianopoulous and Roman Stylianos Ringwald Gianopoulous made their way into the world on Friday, July 10th. Evidentally, it was a natural double birth to boot. Go mom.
A bit saddened here to see celeb use of the understated Adele. Both it and Georgina are on a personal shortish list. A Greek friend has considered Stylianos with the English transliteration of Stellan. She also knows another young Stylianos who goes by Stanley here! (That’s for you, Bliss). Roman itself is a pretty stellar choice, already in the celeb sphere but not over done (Cate Blanchett’s middle boy, for one, is a Roman). Were Adele to go all Addie on us I think I’d cry.
So now Ferris Bueller and Samantha Baker each have their own set of newborns. And Michael Jackson is dead. How times change…
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Mathilda, Adele and Roman… what a darling sibset!
Wow! Fabulous names! I love Adele Georgiana and Roman Stylianos is awesome.
Adele Georgiana is beautiful. I wonder if she’s pronouncing Georgiana with four syllables, or the British way (geor-JAY-nah)?
Ah, Stan. What a tangled web you weave.
Loving Adele Georgiana. That’s beautiful. I love Molly, she’s so great.
And I just realized that I typed that up as if I know her personally. Like we hook up for cocktails and playdates. Alas, no. She SEEMS great, I should have typed.
Im new to your blog, so Im wondering what you meant about Addie? Is it a name you used to like but is now overused or is it just not one you personally like? PS your site is great!
I’m pretty sure she actually doesn’t like Addie at all, and was implying that it would be a waste of a gorgeous name like Adele to be called by the trendy ‘Addie.’
It’s just that if Adeles and Adelaides wind up being called Addie all the time, there will be no differentiation between them and the Adylyns and the Addisens, etc. Just like Madeleine and Madeline go by the ubiquitous Maddie, as do Maddisyn and the like. I don’t dislike Addie or Maddie per se, just the vanishing effect they can have on the original.
Great picks!
My husband and I love Adele, and it’s would be on our list if my ex-hubby’s name wasn’t Ade. In his culture ‘Ade’ is used as prefix on the front of the names of the eldest son of the eldest son, so my son also has the prefix Ade, but we never call him by his full name.
Sadly it also rules out Adelaide for us too.
I’m a bit saddened to see Adele being used so often now. I know it’s not as popular as Isabella, Sophie, Ava, Olivia, etc. but it was a name I was personally considering. I prefer uncommon names, and now with it being a celebrity baby name and a celebrity name it’s just looking like it’ll be the next Isabella!
Lovely names though, can’t judge her on those beauties!