Thoughts on names Madison and Elsie???

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Usually keep names I like to myself, told family these two last night and remembered why I do that 😂
Interested in what other people think of these names now and any other girl suggestions?..

Elsie to me is Elsie Tanner or Sally's flatmate in Cabaret.

Not sure how Elsie is an old woman name but the likes of Mary aren't 🤔 but different strokes for different folks I guess.

Yes Elsie Tanner, but fwiw I think Jane Mary and Susan are old ladies too.

Not personally keen on Madison. I think of Elsie as a mean name, but not sure why!

Hate Madison. Like Elsie.

Madison is very American and precocious.

Madison was on my girls list when I was pregnant with my DD. I love the name Elsie too 😊 it’s quite a relief to hear something other than Amelia and Olivia.

I LOVE Madison 😍

I think it would be quite cruel to name your child jane or Sally these days 🙈

Elsie is too much like Elsa from frozen so that kind of puts me off x

Mary is a name that is never out of fashion. Why would it be cruel to call a child Jane or Sally? They are great names. They aren't old lady names to me, but then, my generation were called those names and while i am middle aged, I am not old I just feel old!

I'm not crazy about either to be completely honest, but I guess I prefer Elsie.

Madeleine instead of Madison.
Elizabeth/Elspeth/Elise, Elsie for short?

I think some people are just stuck behind the times and don't accept more modern names that's all🙄🙄....

Your child is more likely to get the Mick taken out of them if they are named jane or Sally! Trust me school was less than 30 years ago for me 😜

I agree @XxMagpiexX
I know which I'd rather be called

Don’t like madison its a hooters waitress name

Madison doesn’t sound like a girl’s name to me, I just think of Madison Avenue. A bit municipal. Elsie is OK.

Madison is of the Taylor, Tyler ilk of names to me. It was very popular about 15 years ago, so has a slightly 'past it' feel to me.

Elsie is fine - part of the cohort of 'old lady' names coming back into fashion. Too nickname-y for my tastes.

The fact that it's 'old lady' is irrelevant - I was given an old lady name in the 70s, which is massively popular now I'm in my 40s. It was SO old lady then, that no-one else was being given it for another generation. Elsie doesn't quite fall into that category.

Not made keen on either.

Madison seems so impersonal and cold, still sounds like a place name.

Elsie is whiny. I dislike Eli for the same reason. Prefer Edith. And El- names for girls are EVERYWHERE. If she ended up as Ellie for short she'd join about three million other girls her age!

Madeleine, Melissa, Marianne better than Madison.

Elsie, while it has a pretty sound, still seems 'old lady' to me. Elsa doesn't though.

Madison has a nice sound too, but a bit artificial and American to me. Plus it's really a surname (like in Madison Avenue in New York, named after an early president). First use as a girls' name was after it was made up by the mermaid character in the 80s film 'Splash' (she got it from a street sign!). But Madeleine is so close and absolutely gorgeous. Madeleine McCann is a sad association, but of course she is not the only girl with the name - its been around forever.

I'm not keen on either. I don't like Madison as it's a surname-type name. Elsie seems quite popular on here, but it seems very dated and old lady and not in a good way to me. It's short for Elizabeth, so there's loads of nicer names from that - Elise/Eliza/Elspeth/Lisbeth/Betty, etc

Marianne is pretty, Marissa and Marisol are variations.

I don't mind Madison, it's not really my style but it's OK.

I dislike Elsie, it manages to be grannyish, cutesy & nicknamey all at once, none of which appeals to me.