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Madison or Peyton?

64 replies

BlueMonster79 · 24/08/2017 23:13

This is a which do you prefer, not a do you like them. If you hate the names, please don't say so as it's just not nice when she is going to be named one of them, so just say your favourite or not at all please :) thank you!

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MammieBear · 25/08/2017 07:50

Madison says splash to me from 1984, very good film so for that reason Madison.

early30smum · 25/08/2017 07:44

Madison

chips4teaplease · 25/08/2017 06:59

No comment, then.

Glumglowworm · 25/08/2017 06:58

Definitely Madison

WanderingTrolley1 · 25/08/2017 02:27

Madison, if absolutely no other choice in the world.

Sophronia · 25/08/2017 02:21

Madison if I really had to pick.

Alisvolatpropiis · 25/08/2017 01:44

It does Makeit but it's really no more odd than Parker etc, if you favour surnames as first names

MakeItStopNeville · 25/08/2017 01:42

Doesn't Cooper mean Barrel Maker?! Just the image you want of your new born daughter! Grin

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 25/08/2017 01:36

Maddison.

catsarenice · 25/08/2017 01:19

Really like Maddison. There's a Payton in DD's class but her mum has a strong London accent and drops the 't' so it doesn't sound very nice.

FastWindow · 25/08/2017 01:19

superb I haven't pronounced an 'ing' for 20 years, and I'd say 'correckly' - not a T in sight.
I can rite good tho Wink I was disgustingly private school. My parents are dreadfully disappointed Wink

SuperBeagle · 25/08/2017 01:13

FastWindow So do I. Grin I'm very conscious of it, and have to make the effort to pronounce things "correctly".

Alisvolatpropiis · 25/08/2017 00:56

Peyton sounds nice if your accent lends itself as in, you don't have an accent you drop t's for.

Madison is a safer option.

Neither are my style of name at all. I'm going to put forward Cooper as another suggestion as you seek to like surname first names.

Strokethefurrywall · 25/08/2017 00:51

I prefer Peyton if you live in an area where the T won't be dropped (really like Peyton), but if you need to err on the side of caution, then Madison.

If I had to choose I'd go with Peyton as I like surnames for first names for either sex, and Madison is fairly popular both sides of the pond I think.

Congratulations on your daughter!

FastWindow · 25/08/2017 00:48

superb I do have one of those lazy accents. Horrible, I was brought up be'tt'er.

FizzyGreenWater · 25/08/2017 00:46

Padison! Quite like it.

FastWindow · 25/08/2017 00:45

I love both. I might go for Peyton, as less overused. It's so pretty, but there is the glottal stop, as said by a pp upthread : pay'un. Hard to express unless you say bu'er for butter, like I do.

GavelRavel · 25/08/2017 00:45

is by far the best of the American preppie surname girls names

GavelRavel · 25/08/2017 00:44

Harper

SuperBeagle · 25/08/2017 00:41

Peyton.

Peyton Sawyer from One Tree Hill was awesome but I prefer the name Sawyer

The only downside is that lazy accents don't pronounce the 't', so Peyton ends up sounding like "pay-un".

Amee1992x · 25/08/2017 00:16

Peyton.

MakeItStopNeville · 25/08/2017 00:08

Im in the US and Madison and Peyton are both pretty common names here. I love the name Peyton, although I'm not sure it rolls off the tongue in the same way in a Somerset/Essex/Whatever accent.

MrsMoastyToasty · 25/08/2017 00:01

Peyton (and variant spellings) have been used by members of DH'S family over several generations, both as a first/Christian name and as a surname. It has a Scottish and Irish history. My DH has it as a middle name and he is Scottish.

PaperdollCartoon · 24/08/2017 23:46

Madison can be shortened to Maddie. Peyton really isn't pretty, doesn't shorten and sounds common.

FizzyGreenWater · 24/08/2017 23:46

Peyton means regal

It doesn't. Did a baby name website tell you that?

Yes, it's confusing. I do think these baby name websites might just not double check their data, just sometimes. According to one Peyton means 'of the hallowed pool' BUT another claims it is an ancient term for 'party wall dispute'. Gawd knows-!

OP - Madison. With one D.

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