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Middle name for Madeleine?

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hawaiibaby · 24/11/2015 21:22

Madeleine is my current front runner if baby is a girl (DH likes it but still hasn't looked at the bloody name book so I'm rolling with it myself in the meantime Grin)

I'm unsure on a middle name - the only ones I can think of are Holly or Grace, and though I like Grace, I know lots of kids with that middle name so it puts me off.

I'm not a fan of Rose or May. Our surname is two syllables, starts with a W.

Any thoughts please?

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CPtart · 25/11/2015 16:37

Madeleine Faye.

ArseyTussle · 25/11/2015 16:16

I don't have a middle name either. Which is why DD doesn't have one, they just seem artificial and pointless.

Sunshineboo · 25/11/2015 16:14

I don't have a middle name either and have always wondered why everyone has to have one....

Alfredoshoes · 25/11/2015 16:10

Louise

IoraRua · 25/11/2015 16:09

Madeline Aoife
Madeline Lara
Madeline Abigail
Madeline Silvia
Madeline Lana
Madeline Victoria

ArseyTussle · 25/11/2015 16:04

Ooh, math's idea ofMadeleine Beatrice is lovely.

CheerfulYank · 25/11/2015 05:43

I like Madeleine Claire. :)

Blu · 25/11/2015 05:14

A middle name isn't compulsory.
Madeleine is lovely, if nothing springs to mind that you actively want as a middle name, you don't have to have one for the sake of it.

I have no middle name: makes filling in forms so much quicker!

mathanxiety · 25/11/2015 04:43
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mathanxiety · 25/11/2015 04:42

Madeleine Beatrice
Madeleine Winter
Madeleine Willow
Madeleine Juliet
Madeleine Isobel
Madeleine Eva
Madeleine Lara

I love Ruth and Alice

mathanxiety · 25/11/2015 04:42

Madeleine Beatrice
Madeleine Winter
Madeleine Willow
Madeleine Juliet
Madeleine Isobel
Madeleine Eva
Madeleine Lara

I love Ruth and Alice

AuntGertrude · 24/11/2015 22:44

Madeleine Ruth

StrawberryTeaLeaf · 24/11/2015 22:22

No, I doubt many people would remember lighthouse. I only remember because I read something about the case last week Sad

Queenbean · 24/11/2015 22:18

Madeleine Elizabeth

WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant · 24/11/2015 22:16

I met a Madeleine Joanna once.

I thought that was nice.

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 24/11/2015 22:15

Oh I didn't know that Strawberry.

StrawberryTeaLeaf · 24/11/2015 22:14

Madeleine Beth

Beth was Madeleine McCann's middle name.

I really like Jane.

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hawaiibaby · 24/11/2015 22:08

Twistedheartache Very good point. Another dot not joined! Jane does flow well but is DH's ex-gf name, I wouldn't be keen and really don't think he would!

Some lovely suggestions - thank you all. Will take them to DH. Well, at least the ones I approve Grin

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FindingNormal · 24/11/2015 21:59

I think Anne would be lovely

WizardOfToss · 24/11/2015 21:57

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Twistedheartache · 24/11/2015 21:55

What about Jane? I know it's v 80's but I think it flows well.
Love the name Madeleine but with the Mccann connection, which wouldn't bother me in itself, I would avoid Kate as a middle name.

AnneSansTete · 24/11/2015 21:54

Alice

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hawaiibaby · 24/11/2015 21:54

Question from me is how to persuade DH - he says for him it's associated too much with the McCann case and makes him feel sad, so I think for us it's off the list...

This was DH's first reaction too (silly to me as it was so long ago and had she been called something more popular, the association wouldn't still be made). Anyway, we then went to see Spectre and the Bond girls was called Madeleine - she was a classy one - next day at our 20w scan I brought it up again and bam, he liked it! So get yourself to the pictures Grin

Isla is lovely! Also on our list but hadn't put them together at all - works with our surname too.

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 24/11/2015 21:53

Madeleine Grace
Madeleine Rose
Madeleine Belle
Madeleine Beth
Madeleine Olivia
Madeleine Sophia
Madeleine Jane
Madeleine Rebecca
Madeleine Roseanna
Madeleine Louise

OhPuddleducks · 24/11/2015 21:50

Isla

Would have been DS's girl middle name.

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