Madison

[chaya5738]

I just had another friend give birth to a daughter and name her Madison. That is the fourth friend in the past year or so.

Can someone explain the appeal of this name? I just don't get it.

They might explain to me too chaya. Apart from anything else, it sounds like a boy's name to me (Harrison, Jason)

It is WRONG.

NEXT!

Actually just realised the tally is now five girls called Madison/Maddison.

Quite like Madeleine though

But without the classic aura of Madeleine, and still Mad for short.....

I know a girl called Madison - she's 18. Lovely girl.

Yeah, maybe my problem is that I am yet to meet an adult Madison so have yet to warm to the name (I find my opinion of a name changes depending on the adults I meet with it).

Yuk!

I suppose it's a bit like Madeleine crossed with Alison, so more girly than masculine, but for people who don't like traditional names.

Not my taste at all, but still somehow marginally prefererable to its little sister Addison which is gaining steam after Greys Anatomy.

It's a bit like Tang in the 60s, only a name, not a drink -- the appeal of the 'new and improved'.

Lots of Madisons where I live. And Jaxons, Harrisons, Leightons.....

I don't like it, but it was the Mermaid from Splash! a Square in New York, and an American President. So I see why Americans might choose it, but it's a bit silly over here.

Madeleine Alison would be a better choice imo.

No excuse for it. A surname that doesnt even sound nice.

I like it a lot

It's like Madison Avenue innit? So it's aspirational.......

It always just makes me think of the Kirsty McCall song

In splash I think the name was supposed to be silly. The mermaid looks at a road sign and copies it as her name.

I like the name Maddison / Maddy for short

I have a Maddison. She is not named after the Mermaid from Splash, Madison Square Gardens in New York, or an American President.

We wanted a name that we could shorten to Maddie (a favourite of Dp's), but also didn't want Madeline, because we already know a grown up with the same name.

But 6 years on, she is never called Maddie, she is mostly Maddison, (occasionally Mads), but I still like the name because she is unique. She is most definatley girly and it never gets mistaken for a surname.

My other daughter is Meredith- we are also not fans of Greys Anatomy.

I like it- but then I'm biased as I know a beautiful Maddison