Adaline Patricia Pelster Davis
Approved List of Nicknames: Ada, Addie
First: Adaline ('ad\\'ə\'lîn) or for those who don't know their pronunciation symbols - "add" "uh" "line"). From the Old German, meaning "noble" or from the Hebrew Adah meaning "adorned".
I love the name Ada - it's a palindrome as explained by one of my favorite characters from The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Jon wanted something longer. Adaline was found.
Middle: Patricia is a family name with a lot of history.
On the maternal side, Patricia is the given name of Adaline's Great-Great-Grandma Pat a.k.a. Grandma Grumps. (It's not because she's grumpy, I swear). Tracing the line of oldest daughters along the maternal line: Patricia --> Cathy --> Michelle --> Kimberlee --> Adaline will be the fifth in a long living line of strong, and if I may say so, beautiful women.
On the paternal side, the name traces to both Adaline's Great-Grandma Patti (Jon's maternal side) as well as to her recently passed Great Aunt Pat from England (Jon's paternal side, sister to his Grandma Ivy).
Family Name: Pelster is my family name, connecting Adaline to her mother's paternal line including her no longer-living Grandpa Ted.
Family Name: Davis is her dad's name, connecting Adaline to the paternal lines through the Davis family.
