W shortened pronunciations, as many speakers find the phrase "double-u double-u double-u" inconveniently long. In other Germanic languages, including German (but not Dutch, in which it is pronounced wé), its name is similar to that of English V . In many languages, its name literally means "double v": Portuguese "duplo vê", Spanish "doble ve" (though it can be spelled "uve doble"), French "double vé", Icelandic "tvöfalt vaff", Czech "dvojité vé", Finnish "kaksois-vee", etc. Former U.S. president George W. Bush was given the nickname "Dubya" after the colloquial pronunciation of his middle initial in Texas, where he spent much of his childhood.
Adelaide (given name) People so named include: Adelaide (given name) Adelaide is the English form of a Germanic given name, from the Old High German "Adalheidis", meaning "noble natured". The modern German form is Adelheid, famously the first name of Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, queen consort to William IV of the United Kingdom, for whom many places throughout the former British Empire were named. The French form is "Adélaïde" or "Adélaide" and Czech is Adéla or Adléta. The name "Addie" is a diminutive of Adelaide and "Heidi" is a nickname for "Adelheid" which became internationally popular on its own as a result of Johanna