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Is 'maddie' usable?

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curiousgeorgie · 06/02/2014 13:37

My friends are having a girl and like Madeleine, nn Maddie, and asked our opinion.

I love it, but they're worried about its usability because of mm. I said I could start a thread about it..

Their surname starts with Mc too Confused mcF-

Opinions?

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DonkeysDontRideBicycles · 06/02/2014 14:54

I think they might have to steel themselves for some comments but personally I would go for it if I liked the name.

NinjaPenguin · 06/02/2014 14:54

I would use Maddie/Madeleine happily. But not with a Mc surname.

soupmaker · 06/02/2014 14:33

Of course they can. To suggest that they shouldn't is very silly. I wouldn't automatically think of Madeline McCann if I met a Maddie McF........

MrsMarcMarquez · 06/02/2014 14:30

I wouldn't because of the Mc but if DS was a DD, she would have been Matilda with Maddie for short.

BirthdayMuppet · 06/02/2014 14:28

Another no from me, despite the fact that it's a name I love - the sound, the spelling, the way it writes etc, but I simply can't move past MM.

Bowlersarm · 06/02/2014 14:27

I know a lot of Maddies, so to me, it wouldn't be an issue.

Innogen · 06/02/2014 14:25

I wouldn't, especially with the McSurname.

curiousgeorgie · 06/02/2014 13:37

Don't know what happened there!

McF----n

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