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Madrigal

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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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Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:24

That's partly what puts me off Madeleine.

Madrigal is Renaissance song. It has a pretty sound, I think, and I do like the nickname Maddie.

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RJnomaaaaaargh · 16/10/2015 22:24

Lovely. There's a series of books with a madrigal. I'll try to find them.

badg3r · 16/10/2015 22:24

Have you ever heard a madrigal? I would be really embarrassed if that was my name, and hope everyone thought Maddie was an abbreviation of Madeleine...

PeopleLieActionsDont · 16/10/2015 22:23

Isn't Madrigal a character from a book? I think it sounds made up. I like madeleine but I think it is too associated with the missing little girl, so I wouldn't choose it.

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Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:23

Not heard of that either.

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StrawberryTeaLeaf · 16/10/2015 22:23

So you're not a fan of madrigals then? Confused

PolyesterBride · 16/10/2015 22:23

Makes me think of Tales of the City - Mrs Madrigal

Only1scoop · 16/10/2015 22:22

Think it's daft

And tuneless

Boredofthinkingofnewnames · 16/10/2015 22:21

It sounds like a prescription drug.

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Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:20

Never seen it.

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fearsomepixie · 16/10/2015 22:20

Makes me think of Blackadder. "Hot sex madrigal in the middle of my tights".

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Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:18

I like the sound as a name. It's not so much linked to music as just thinking it sounds pretty. It's also unusual but Maddie is far more common.

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Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:17

Calypso is a lolly :)

Aria is pretty but doesn't go with my second name.

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StrawberryTeaLeaf · 16/10/2015 22:17

There's an MNer by that name

I quite like it. It's better than Maypole etc. Better associations. Awkward if she grows up to be of the 'tuneless dirge' school of thought about them, though Smile

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot · 16/10/2015 22:16

It's a random noun, not a name.

Perhaps Aria or Calypso, which are established names and also types of music, instead.

Vixxfacee · 16/10/2015 22:15

Mad gal