So tell me about Madeleine...

[GwendolineMaryLacey]

I know there are threads on this already but I want up to date opinions please :)

So, being on the verge of throttling DH (who the hell decided it was a good idea to give men a say in what their children were called ffs? ), we are debating Madeleine.

We like the name a lot, it goes with middle and surname, neither of us think it has any bad associations. After all, you could rule out thousands of names if you took any notice of bad things that had happened to people.

But, I've mentioned it in passing to 3 or 4 people and every one of them has gone "ooh, not sure, reminds me of..."

They're mad aren't they? Most normal people won't think this, will they?

I think we would stick with the spelling Madeleine and bog standard pronunciation in our dull English accents . I'm assuming there'll be enough problems getting people to spell the most common version correctly without throwing alternatives into the mix!

The worst pronounciation I have ever experienced was an XBoyf mother who called me man-doh-lean
Rhymed with windowlene.
Nice