I can't name this 5 week old little girl! Please help! Thoughts on Madeleine?

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Hi, she is 5 weeks now and I'm seriously struggling... :(

We both like Madeleine (yay!) and also like Maddie, but we only like it with the NN Maddie, so is it a bad choice? She would be Maddie DTD, so introduced as Maddie (Maddie would be her "known as" name at school too, until old enough to decide obviously!) and we know she would most likely get Mads/Mad occasionally too and we can deal with that, but what do you think!?

Oh I love Adeline!

Lovely name.

Madeleine
The well known one was a lovely little girl so why not?

Don't let the bad connotations ruin the name! It's a beautiful name! Go for it!!

I'm baffled you would introduce a child as one name and have another on her bc

If you want her to be known as maddie, call her Maddie

Lovely biscuits. Sure, why not? It's nice.

Lovely name, I know an adult one and a teen one and seems not to date. Adult is always full name. Teen was in DS class and , only ever called Maddie. Lovely both ways.

Is it only on MN that people pick a name and then immediately introduce a nickname?

@Lovinglola yes! Choosing nicknames is weird as well, they evolve. But i think the op in fact means a shortened version of the name rather than a nickname.

OP,

Madeleine is a beautiful, timeless name.

I know a 3 yr old Madeleine, (and a 5 yr old Madeleina , which is also pretty).

They're both only ever called by their full names, so shortened versions aren't inevitable.

They're both only ever called by their full names, so shortened versions aren't inevitable well they kind of are in this case as the OP will be using the shortened version

Empire,

Fair point!

I suppose I meant more generally, as it's often an assumption that longer names get automatically shortened. Or that the initially-used version remains set, even when the child's older...

e.g. friend of mine is Gabriella, was referred to by parents from day 1 as "Gabi", but she decided at age 4ish that she liked her full name best. Has only ever been that since (even to her parents!).

I think Madeleine is beautiful and it was top of my girls list (but I'm having a boy!)

I'm personally not keen on Maddy, so might have likely shortened it to Lainey. But I think Maddy is the most likely shortening, so it's good you like that too. Go for it, it's a great name

I like Madeleine but not Maddie.

Congratulations!
I think Madeleine, Maddie, is fantastic. Tbh I don't think people would shorten Maddie down any more as it is a nn name anyway.

Yup they will defo shorten Maddie to 'Mads'. True nns seem to be 1-syllable round here.

We have a Millie and felt that had links in the past but we never think about it now. Go for it.

Great name, great shortening. Go for it.

Lovely name, go for it.

I love it, reminds me of the children's books. www.madeline.com

What's her twin called?

Madeline is lovely. Go for it. I also like Madelina as mentioned by a PP

Tbh I don't think people would shorten Maddie down any more as it is a nn name anyway

You'd be surprised

I love Madeleine.

If you're worried about the McCann thing, you could always go for Madeline with the different pronunciation, like the little redhead French girl and the Madeline from the Keats poem.

I like Maddalena too (Italian), but I think it'd be a nightmare spelling/pronunciation-wise in the UK.