Madison or Peyton?

[BlueMonster79]

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!

I much prefer Madison.

Peyton sounds cheap.. chavvy

Maybe think which nn would come from both.

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

Madison is pretty. Peyton sounds rough.

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

Madison.

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

Peyton means regal

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

Having read Peyton Place I would go for Madison.

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

Maddison

Madison, Splash was a great film.

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.

Madison.

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.

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

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.

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.

Peyton.

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".

Harper

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

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.

Padison! Quite like it.

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