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Madison or Madelyn?

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TreeMoon · 19/03/2017 13:45

We will be using Maddie. We're not looking for opinions on Maddie :)

Also, we're not looking for opinions on the spelling of Madelyn (this is the most popular in the US - I'm not American, but I'm just saying that it's a well established spelling). We want it to be obvious about the pronunciation we would like - Madeleine seems to be Mad-eh-len and Madeline seems to be Mad-eh-line, so that's what we have decided :)

Anyway, should we go for Madison or Madelyn as the BC name?

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Ohyesiam · 21/03/2017 10:15

I think op is trying to get it pronounced with a Lin sound not line , hence the dodgy spelling Wink

mum2be2boys · 21/03/2017 09:56

Love the name Madison, especially with the nn Maddie.
I know two and they are both lovely. One spelt Madison, the other Maddison.

MollyHuaCha · 21/03/2017 07:36

Madeleine (spelt like this), but however you spell it, the name is now forever associated with the poor little girl who was abducted Sad

Madison = made up, masculine, sounds like an uneducated choice, so no for me (sorry).

I like: Melissa, Amanda, Margaret Smile

SuperBeagle · 21/03/2017 07:33

Niahm

Niahm or Niamh?

Redlocks28 · 21/03/2017 07:13

How would you pronounce Madelyn?

Made line
Made lin
Mad eh lin
Mad eh line
??

I don't like it at all-it sounds made up. I'd put it in the box along with the other 'made up' children's names that I've taught along with Niahm and Chiana.

FrancisCrawford · 21/03/2017 07:06

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KoalaDownUnder · 21/03/2017 04:52

Madelyn

catsarenice · 21/03/2017 04:26

I love Maddie! DS would've been Maddie if he was DD! DP and I couldn't agree on Maddison or Madeleine so decided we would just go with Maddie seeing as that what she would've been known as anyway.

Pemba · 21/03/2017 04:03

I don't really see the logic of saying that the spelling Madelyn could be pronounced made-lyn . OK if you split the word apart you can make it into two parts, made + lyn . But then you get exactly the same thing with

made + leine and
made + line

Nobody says made lin do they? It's just not a thing.

FrancisCrawford · 20/03/2017 16:57

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Twistmeandturnme · 20/03/2017 13:58

If you aren't American and aren't living in America I'd go for neither. Madeleine will give you the pronunciation you want and Madison is very marmite.

1horatio · 20/03/2017 13:49

Madeleine.

But Madelyn is better than Madison imo.

CaliforniaHorcrux · 20/03/2017 11:54

Madison

sems · 19/03/2017 21:48

I have a MadelynStar

Classic, beautiful name imo.

I chose the spelling as I didn't want her struggling spelling her name which I always had too.

I adore her name

buttercup54321 · 19/03/2017 21:38

Whenever I hear Maddie I think McCann.

DramaAlpaca · 19/03/2017 20:29

I don't mind either of them.

That's not helpful though, so if I had to choose I'd go for Madelyn.

Kazzawazza69 · 19/03/2017 20:26

Madison

user1459464195 · 19/03/2017 19:44

Madelyn

SuperBeagle · 19/03/2017 19:40

Madelyn. Smile

mummytobemaybe · 19/03/2017 17:54

I like Madeleine (spelt this way).
Madelyn is okay but looks wrong to me.
Hate Madison

ElizaDontlittle · 19/03/2017 17:39

I'm not sure it's obvious, at least to me, what pronunciation you are after - is it Mad-uh-lin or Maid-lin?
If that's a problem I'd go for Madison, which has grown on me the last decade or so. Maddie is lovely!

Pemba · 19/03/2017 17:34

Madelyn is a proper name and far more classy , however you choose to spell it.

Google tells me that Madison was originally an English surname meaning 'SON of Maud', apparently. It's use to name little girls only started after the film 'Splash' in the 80s, where the mermaid character names herself this (because she sees it on a street sign). So made up, basically!

Sophronia · 19/03/2017 17:11

Madelyn

NotYoda · 19/03/2017 15:59

Madelyn

Madonna?
Madge?

LaGattaNera · 19/03/2017 15:53

I know someone with the surname Madelyn - pronounced maid-lyn - I prefer Madison.

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