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Meriel or Madeleine

30 replies

geomog · 08/07/2010 12:21

Hi all

Our little girl is now a week old and still has no name. We've managed to get down to a choice between Madeleine and Meriel. We're not sure which to chose.

We love Meriel because is sounds so musical and we also like the idea that it can be shortened to Meri when she's older. It also fits with our Irish/Welsh roots.

We love Madeleine becasue is sounds so pretty but we're worred that because Madison and Maddison are quite popular there will be lots of Maddies around (no idea if this is true though). Also we have a 10 letter surname so that's a lot of letters!

Would love to hear your thoughts

Thanks

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ActuallyMyNamesMarina · 08/07/2010 14:15

I went to school with a Meriel, she was a lovely person with a fab name. She did get called Meryl quite often by mistake and for some unknown/unremembered reason we did call her Myrtle as nn

Much prefer it to Madeline, but both names are lovely.

TheMoonOnAStick · 08/07/2010 13:52

Meriel is nice but it could as others say be confused with Muriel. I keep thinking of Muriel's Wedding where she kept saying 'It's Mariel..'

Madeleine is lovely but lots about now. How about Merrin..I think that might be Welsh. Could still be shortened Meri too.

NiceCuppaT · 08/07/2010 13:47

I know a Meriel (adult), she is always having to spell her name and gets called Muriel or Mare!!

WillbeanChariot · 08/07/2010 13:05

Meriel is lovely. I like Madeleine but there are a lot of them now. I would go with Meriel.

Irishmu · 08/07/2010 12:55

The problem with "Meriel" although it's very cute, is that there's a danger of her getting called "Muriel" (I was named Muriel, change it to Meriel when I was about 10 (!) but ended up "Mu" - not what you'd want for your baby!)I like it more than Madeleine, although there's so many different short forms of Madeleine...she will end up getting called "Maddie"...go with Meriel!