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Madison or Peyton?

64 replies

BlueMonster79 · 24/08/2017 23:13

This is a which do you prefer, not a do you like them. If you hate the names, please don't say so as it's just not nice when she is going to be named one of them, so just say your favourite or not at all please :) thank you!

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DramaAlpaca · 24/08/2017 23:16

I much prefer Madison.

stormytherabbit · 24/08/2017 23:17

Peyton sounds cheap.. chavvy

Mrscropley · 24/08/2017 23:17

Maybe think which nn would come from both.

Maddy or? I don't know for Peyton. .

Migraleve · 24/08/2017 23:24

Madison is pretty. Peyton sounds rough.

grandOlejukeofYork · 24/08/2017 23:26

Both are awful, very 1990's american soap opera. But if you really have to, then Madison.

horsesforcorses · 24/08/2017 23:28

Madison.

MrsMoastyToasty · 24/08/2017 23:31

Peyton means regal. I have a niece by that name.

grandOlejukeofYork · 24/08/2017 23:33

Peyton means regal

It doesn't. Did a baby name website tell you that?

LovingLola · 24/08/2017 23:34

Having read Peyton Place I would go for Madison.

Buntysoven · 24/08/2017 23:37

Which part of "Please don't say you hate the names" didn't you understand? Some people!
Madison.

cushioncovers · 24/08/2017 23:38

Maddison

Branleuse · 24/08/2017 23:42

Madison, Splash was a great film.

Briette · 24/08/2017 23:43

Madison is easier for me to pronounce! But both are lovely, and I like that Peyton is a little rarer where I live. I'd remember someone with that name.

LadyWithLapdog · 24/08/2017 23:44

Madison.

FizzyGreenWater · 24/08/2017 23:46

Peyton means regal

It doesn't. Did a baby name website tell you that?

Yes, it's confusing. I do think these baby name websites might just not double check their data, just sometimes. According to one Peyton means 'of the hallowed pool' BUT another claims it is an ancient term for 'party wall dispute'. Gawd knows-!

OP - Madison. With one D.

PaperdollCartoon · 24/08/2017 23:46

Madison can be shortened to Maddie. Peyton really isn't pretty, doesn't shorten and sounds common.

MrsMoastyToasty · 25/08/2017 00:01

Peyton (and variant spellings) have been used by members of DH'S family over several generations, both as a first/Christian name and as a surname. It has a Scottish and Irish history. My DH has it as a middle name and he is Scottish.

MakeItStopNeville · 25/08/2017 00:08

Im in the US and Madison and Peyton are both pretty common names here. I love the name Peyton, although I'm not sure it rolls off the tongue in the same way in a Somerset/Essex/Whatever accent.

Amee1992x · 25/08/2017 00:16

Peyton.

SuperBeagle · 25/08/2017 00:41

Peyton.

Peyton Sawyer from One Tree Hill was awesome but I prefer the name Sawyer

The only downside is that lazy accents don't pronounce the 't', so Peyton ends up sounding like "pay-un".

GavelRavel · 25/08/2017 00:44

Harper

GavelRavel · 25/08/2017 00:45

is by far the best of the American preppie surname girls names

FastWindow · 25/08/2017 00:45

I love both. I might go for Peyton, as less overused. It's so pretty, but there is the glottal stop, as said by a pp upthread : pay'un. Hard to express unless you say bu'er for butter, like I do.

FizzyGreenWater · 25/08/2017 00:46

Padison! Quite like it.

FastWindow · 25/08/2017 00:48

superb I do have one of those lazy accents. Horrible, I was brought up be'tt'er.