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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 22:38

Maddie?

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StrawberryTeaLeaf · 16/10/2015 22:38

How about Calista?

Only1scoop · 16/10/2015 22:41

But that's just a made up name.

It's like calling a Motet a Mote

reuset · 16/10/2015 22:43

*A 'Madrigal' doesn't have a common abbreviated form as far as I know?
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Darkbehindthecurtain Fri 16-Oct-15 22:38:15

Maddie?

Grin This is too funny.

I thought the lolly was Calippo. Calypso conjures up mythology and literature, not frozen snacks Grin

StrawberryTeaLeaf · 16/10/2015 22:43

Gobbolino Grin Chair/Charlie thread could happen yet Grin

Only1scoop · 16/10/2015 22:44

This has got to be a wind up

Mynameismummy · 16/10/2015 22:45

Not a name. It's a noun! Avoid..... Madeleine is nice though!

reuset · 16/10/2015 22:46

My legs are getting a bit sore from all the pulling this week Grin

Gobbolinothewitchscat · 16/10/2015 22:46

Have you considered Trillium [innocent face!]?

RJnomaaaaaargh · 16/10/2015 22:47

I love Astrid but madrigal is different in tone. I'd do it op. Read the books!

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Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:49

You may be right, reuset! Haven't had one in years, since I was a kid on holiday.

If I had a kid named calypso, I'd be forever singing 'SEE him LYING ON A BED OF STRAW ...'

Trillium, now, I saw that thread but it isn't a name I've considered, I must say!

Only, no, it's not. I've liked madrigal ever since I was a teenager.

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MummaGiles · 16/10/2015 22:49

It's the name of Villarreal's football stadium. It's like naming a child Anfield or Wembley.

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Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:50

Never heard of villarreals football stadium. It's hardly like naming a child anfield or Wembley!

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Only1scoop · 16/10/2015 22:53

Oh ok that's nice.

MummaGiles · 16/10/2015 22:53

Sorry, to me it is like that as that is the first thing that springs to mind when you say Madrigal. I suspect there will be others out there who will have the same reaction.

Permanentlyexhausted · 16/10/2015 22:53

It isn't a name though is it. Sorry - I think I'd find it hard not to laugh if I came across a real life Madrigal.

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Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:55

Well, will pin madrigal up then :) secretly gutted

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puffylovett · 16/10/2015 22:55

Well I quite like it, but to me it sounds like a boys name :)

DixieNormas · 16/10/2015 22:55

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WellyMummy · 16/10/2015 22:55

Dear heavens I hoe this is a wind up!
Terrible. It would be cruel, just no!

DixieNormas · 16/10/2015 22:56

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Darkbehindthecurtain · 16/10/2015 22:56

Well, we don't all have the same taste in names but I am getting mildly fed up of being accused of being on a wind up.

Sorry if I sound like an arse but really ...

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Permanentlyexhausted · 16/10/2015 23:01

In all seriousness, I would think very carefully before giving a child such an unusual name. You might want to consider what the future privacy issues might be for someone whose name is unique in the UK/world.

Boredofthinkingofnewnames · 16/10/2015 23:02

It just sound nice though, sorry. You did seek opinion!

reuset · 16/10/2015 23:04

Trillium thread deleted for 'privacy' reasons, apparently... But, for me, Mayday is still in the lead for silliest, made up, name of the week.