Isobel or Madeleine?

[Firsttimemama2017]

Baby girl due next week and we can't decide on Isobel or Madeleine!

Love the nicknames for both names but think I slightly prefer Maddie to Izzy...

Opinions?

I'm not bothered about popularity as have a very common 80s baby name myself and it's never done me any harm 😊

Isobel

Madeleine

Isabel

Madeleine will sadly immediately make people think of Madeleine McCann.

Madeleine will sadly immediately make people think of Madeleine McCann.

You can't just not use a name for that reason...

Plus, it won't necessarily. Most people will know a Madeleine outside of Madeleine McCann, and that's the first person that'll come to mind.

I find both of them beautiful, although Madeleine slightly more :P

I have a Madeleine. She was born one hear before Madeleine McCann disappeared. Only once (when I have said what my children's names are) has someone mentioned Madeleine McCann.

Coincidentally enough my DH liked Isabella. Both are beautiful names. And both are names with different spellings/shortenings with different spellings.

Madeleine, Madelaine, Madeline
Maddie, Maddy, Maddi

Really like both but Madeleine is my favourite. Strongly dislike nicknames given for both, though I like Belle/Bella. 'Maddie' reduces such a beautiful name to a very harsh sound imo.

Isobel - but only if spelt that way and not abbreviated to Izzy. Madeleine very pretty too though,

They're both equally lovely, but would go for Madeleine as Isobel is very popular these days.

Isabella is a beautiful name I think Isobel is more common now. X

Either, maybe Madeleine. (Sp?) but both lovely

You've no control over how the names will be shortened once they are older . One of my DDs has a similar name which has ended up being shortened to a much less 'pretty' NN

I prefer Isabel

I MUCH prefer Isobel.

Isobel; you can shorten to Belle or Bella.

Madeleine is my cousins daughters name & she gets it shortened to Mads.

There are 5 of them in her year at school so I think it must be quite popular.

Both lovely names

I vote Madeleine - my DD's name. She's 20 now and people very rarely think of Madeleine McCann when they meet her.

Isobel

I'm a Madeleine - the only thing that is annoying is having to spell it all the time most people think Madeline so I have to correct them - I use Maddie as my preferred name. Maddison is a lovely alternative too.

I have a friend whose daughter is Isobel and hates Izzy, if anyone calls her it both my friend and the child say no it's Isobel - I think belle would be a NN I would use x

Madeleine. Would you pronounce it MadeLINE? i think it's lovely and a bit more unusual that isobel

Madeleine is Mad-eh-LEN.

Madeline is Mad-eh-LINE (to rhyme with divine), like the Madeline in the Eve of St Agnes, and the little French girl from the books/movie.

Both lovely. Prefer Madeline.

Congratulations! We've got a Madeleine and an Isabel, Maddy and Bel for short. I think that they're both gorgeous names! You have to see what the baby looks like once she's actually here though

Prefer Madeleine, and love Maddie as a nn. Only thing that bothers me (but this is probably just me!) is that some pronounce it 'Mad-e-lane' and some 'Mad-e-line' and that would irritate me. I imagine the child having to correct people all the time.

Just to add I pronounce my name mad-a-lin