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Edith or Madeleine

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xxjessxx · 18/12/2015 20:41

Hi all,

Just wondered which of the names you prefer??

Edith
Or
Medeleine

We have a very long list but these two keep coming out top but we can't seem to decide!

Thanks in advance..

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ashesandfire · 21/12/2015 22:38

I love Madeleine, one of my favourite names.
Edith is a bit fusty for me although I do like Edie and Meredith.
Seth is much nicer than Theo original IMO.

hawaiibaby · 21/12/2015 21:43

Oh just to add re - whoever said there were millions of Madeleine's toddling around, it's only number 283 in the baby name charts! I would say Edith is getting more popular, not that that is necessarily a bad thing, but Madeleine really isn't over used.

hawaiibaby · 21/12/2015 21:42

Madeleine for me but I would say that as if our baby is a girl, this is our number one choice! I love what the pp said about ballerina, sitting outside a cafe - lovely

I do love Maddy and Mads too though - it is important you like the nn as well isn't it. Good luck!

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xxjessxx · 21/12/2015 12:23

Thanks for taking the time to reply everyone

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Borninthe60s · 20/12/2015 10:12

Edith and Theo.

gingerdad · 20/12/2015 09:58

Madeleine and Theo for me.

Pinklily1 · 20/12/2015 09:56

Good name choices!

Edith and Theo would be my winners, just because I'm not keen on Maddie as a possible nickname for Madeline. Seth is lovely too.

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xxjessxx · 19/12/2015 19:49

Hehe,

Thanks! Which names did you end up with?

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EnidClowes · 19/12/2015 19:47

Edith and Seth were my favourites when pregnant with DC2 but couldn't convince DH for Edith and we had a girl second time round so Seth was out the window. Excellent taste in names

Mince314 · 19/12/2015 19:45

Edith.

Madeleine was on my list for DD aged less than a year older than Madeleine McCann. So glad I didn't pick it. Also, Madeleine starts with Mad. Not sure I live that.

So although Madeleine is nice, Edith,by a big margin.

StealthPolarBear · 19/12/2015 19:43

Madeleine still reminds me of mccann. Not that that is a bad thing.

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xxjessxx · 19/12/2015 19:40

It's so hard trying to decide...

I guess we will have to see what jumps at us once baby is here.

I don't watch downton, is there a character called Edith?

At the moment I prefer Madeleine to Edith but prefer edie to maddie!

As for boys I'm in love with them both but kind of think Seth would prob be slightly less popular so would avoid having 2/3 in his class at school.

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PeasOnEarth · 19/12/2015 19:36

Close on both - lovely names. I know a The so bias pulls me that way, and Edith but again very slightly. Good luck with your baby!!

CPtart · 19/12/2015 19:08

Madeleine and Theo.

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MytwinisMilaKunis · 19/12/2015 18:32

Edith nn Edie. Love Edie and regret not using it.

Seth for a boy. Congratulations!

HeteronormativeHaybales · 19/12/2015 18:26

But Edie is a wonderful nickname.

HeteronormativeHaybales · 19/12/2015 18:26

They're both very nice :) I think I like Edith marginally better. It doesn't travel, though - she would be Edit in many parts of the world.

SirChenjin · 19/12/2015 18:02

Love both, but Edith is probably my favourite. It's had a bit of a resurgence in popularity I think - Downton?

SpecialistSnowflake · 19/12/2015 17:57

Oh, of course. I don't know if many people would make that connection though?

CherryPits · 19/12/2015 14:09

SpecialistSnowflake - MCANN

MitzyLeFrouf · 19/12/2015 12:29

Madeleine. Fo' sho!

Edith, to me, is on a par with Bertha and Blodwyn.

SpecialistSnowflake · 19/12/2015 11:31

What are the associations with Madeleine? I haven't heard anything negative. Tbh, my first association with the name is the elegant ragdoll from Bagpuss I think it's a beautiful name.

Edith is a bit fusty on its own, but I assume you'd do what all Mums of Ediths do and call her Edie? Which is cute, but it does seem to be approaching Lily levels of popularity, so be aware that there is a risk she may go through school life as Edie Surname Capital Letter.

And Seth is much more classic than Theo imo. All the Theo's I can think of are TV characters - Theo Huxtable, Theo the Chipmunk, Theo Kojak...

villainousbroodmare · 19/12/2015 10:50

Madeleine and Theo.
To me - obviously someone who has a delightful little baby Edith will think of it so differently - it is very fusty and dusty. A faded velvet, antimacassar, yellowed lace, moths in a wardrobe feel to it.
Seth sounds to me like a lonesome speech impediment.
Theo says to me a leather school satchel, sturdy red shoes, libraries.
Madeleine is ballet classes, sitting on a café chair swinging your legs, delicate scented golden cakes.

Tilly28 · 19/12/2015 10:38

Iv got an Edith whose just turned one! :-) we love the name! Had planned to use Edie as a nickname but actually for now we use Edith and it really suits her :-)

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