Madeleine or Alice? Help!

[crumpetsolo]

Gah, DH has suddenly had a U-turn (2 weeks to go until due date) on Madeleine which I have always loved and he dismissed ages ago. I thought we were fixed on Alice, but now thinking maybe Madeleine is the one..

Which do you prefer? And what about middle names for Madeleine? Don't think we can have Madeleine Alice in case she marries a Mr Dennis and is MAD.

What about Madeleine Isobel..? AND, so many questions.. Can anyone think of nicknames for Madeleine that aren't Maddy?

I think Madeleine is a beautiful name.

I love Alice and would go with that. It's my daughters middle name. Classic and timeless.

Mystery fairy - you're right that Alice is popular, but I think it always has been. (Apparently in Victorian times it was one of the most popular girls names thanks to Lewis Carroll!) My point was that it is (in my opinion) more of a timeless name - ie, will probably always be fairly popular and never go out of fashion) whereas personally Madeleine strikes me as being more 'trendy'. And I think that there are quite a lot of variations of Madeleine (Madelaine, madeline etc) so it is probably more popular than the figures suggest.
Still a lovely name though!

Mystery fairy - you're right that Alice is popular, but I think it always has been. (Apparently in Victorian times it was one of the most popular girls names thanks to Lewis Carroll!) My point was that it is (in my opinion) more of a timeless name - ie, will probably always be fairly popular and never go out of fashion) whereas personally Madeleine strikes me as being more 'trendy'. And I think that there are quite a lot of variations of Madeleine (Madelaine, madeline etc) so it is probably more popular than the figures suggest.
Still a lovely name though!