Is 'maddie' usable?

[curiousgeorgie]

My friends are having a girl and like Madeleine, nn Maddie, and asked our opinion.

I love it, but they're worried about its usability because of mm. I said I could start a thread about it..

Their surname starts with Mc too mcF-

Opinions?

Thanks LizLemon (adds to list for future suggestions).

I would use it. I'm sure there are still going to be girls named Tia, April, Sarah amongst others. It's tragic but life goes on. I too always think of the french cartoon character when I hear the name.

Yes, but that means that the association is Maddie and Madeleine.

Maddie is also a popular nn for Madison.

There was a child killed with the same name as the one we had chosen for our expected daughter and I asked DH if we should change it now. He said no and it has never been an issue. Maybe as there were two children taken and killed together it would have been more of an issue if I had been expecting girl twins and had chosen both those names. I suspect I would have insisted on changing one but who can tell.

They should do what they want but prepared for stupid, ignorant comments.

I don't see the problem with Maddie. Madeleine/Maddie is a beautiful name, which I love. With a Mc name? No, I would say a bit too far.

There is a Madeleine in my dd's class (she's 4) also known as 'Maddie'. Tbh I don't think of MM when I come across another Madeleine, awful though that case was.