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Madrigal

91 replies

Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:14

Do you like this as a girls' name, or is it to out there?

I quite like Madeleine but I don't like Madison.

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RockinHippy · 18/10/2015 02:02

Sorry, drtft & have just seen your update - phew :)

How about

Cecily - non Ceci

Magdalena if you are liking Maddy as a NN, & want something less common

RockinHippy · 18/10/2015 01:56

IMHO it's pretty awful - black adder was my first thought too

I much prefer more unusual names, but sorry, not this one

Thundercrackers · 18/10/2015 01:50

What about Melody?

Twasthecatthatdidit · 18/10/2015 00:02

OP, are you a Breaking Bad fan?

bolleauxnouveau · 17/10/2015 23:50

Anna Madrigal is apparently an anagram.
Anagram is a good name.
Or how about Acapella if you want to stick with a musical theme?

reuset · 17/10/2015 23:39

Anyway, the OP isn't going to use the word madrigal as a name, rather sensibly. So all the 'go for it if you like it, hun xx' posts are rather wasted

reuset · 17/10/2015 23:36

Lots of names are nouns. Violet, Fern, Ruby, Olive, Summer, Ivy, Ash, Basil, River, Robin and many more.

Flower names, and precious stones, in the main (there are exceptions, obviously), were a Victorian fashion. Robin is from Robert (a 'proper' name). Basil has been a 'proper' name for bloody centuries (I suspect you're thinking of the 'erb) River didn't really catch on did it, being a fair way from being a top 10 name.

Haffdonga · 17/10/2015 22:00

I think it's rather lovely as long as you actually are into medieval music. (It would be a bit weird if you are actually a family of death metal fans.)

Go for it. Smile

celtictoast · 17/10/2015 21:43

Lots of names are nouns. Violet, Fern, Ruby, Olive, Summer, Ivy, Ash, Basil, River, Robin and many more.

msgrinch · 17/10/2015 21:33

Awful, just awful. It's a noun not a name. If this is real that is.

celtictoast · 17/10/2015 21:31

Anthea, if Stadium Anthem was too "out there"? Smile

BikeRunSki · 17/10/2015 21:27

Harmony?

Melody?

Stadium Anthem?

celtictoast · 17/10/2015 21:24

I like Madrigal!

Cassia
Seren
Celeste
Violetta
Carmen
Sonatina
Melissa
Madora
Orfea
Serena

MamaLazarou · 17/10/2015 19:37

I like it.

Sansoora · 17/10/2015 11:05

Why would you do that to a child?

Jeez. Please get a huge tattoo or something on the end of your nose, or across you forehead. Just don't call any child by that name in order to make you come across as being 'different'.

Only1scoop · 17/10/2015 11:01

How about 'wriggle'

MadrigalElectromotive · 17/10/2015 10:39

I think it is excellent. Wink

Although perhaps better for online forums...

Only1scoop · 17/10/2015 10:26

It wasn't that is was 'so awful' that you were on a wind up it ....was more that you actually seemed to believe the 'word' had a genuine nic name.

YakTriangle · 17/10/2015 09:56

Calippo is a lolly. Not Calypso.
There was a character called Calypso in Cutting It. I loved that show.

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Darkbehindthecurtain · 17/10/2015 09:48

I've already agreed I won't use it, Rhonda, it's the accusation that it's so awful I must be winding people up that I was a bit Sad at.

I was in an exceptionally sensitive mood last night though :)

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leccybill · 17/10/2015 09:42

Madrugada means dawn in Spanish. That's quite close.

SuburbanRhonda · 17/10/2015 09:35

If you like it, use it.

If you don't want people's opinion, don't ask for it.

PunkrockerGirl · 17/10/2015 09:29

No, just another horrible pretentious made up name. A madrigal is a thing, not a name She wouldn't thank you for it. Remember it's her that will have to live with it, not you.

Gruach · 17/10/2015 09:13

Surely Madrigal is just a posh Melody?

Don't see what the fuss is about ...

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 17/10/2015 09:03

Did you call them "Maddys", Zahbr? I understand that's their common abbreviated form Wink