Madeleine - too negatively associated with MMcann?

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So I’m still here changing my mind about my little girls name 🤦‍♀️ and since watching Big little lies I’ve started to like Madeleine nn Maddie. My dh still feels it’s strongly associated with negativity due to the Mc Cann incident.

Would love to get all your views! Thankyou xx

We are 90% going to call our baby Madeleine if it’s a girl . It’s a lovely, classic name so if you like it, you should go for it!

Personally, I see it as a positive thing that most people on this thread are saying they wouldn’t use it as there won’t be too many of them around!

I think it's a beautiful name but I'd worry about the McCann link. Yes there are many many other names of murdered or missing children, however few have becoming a morbid point of comedy as Maddy has. She's a name on cards against humanity for example. Hard to shake a negative association if it's often used in a negative way.

Absolutely fine to use. I’ve taught a number of Madeline's and never made the connection

Yeah sorry it soo reminds me off Madeline McCann! If u like Maddie tho that's quite nice why don't u just call her madison if u like that?

To be honest I do associate the name with Mcann but probably because I’ve just watched the netflix documentary!

Don’t associate Maddie at all though and think that’s a lovely name

Our big one is 7 and is Madeleine. We love it. I’ve never had anything other than positive comments and nobody ever mentioned the McCann connection. I don’t even think of it.
It’s not like she’s Myra or Beverly and named the same as a serial killer - it’s just happens to be the name of a little girl who sadly went missing.

I considered it for our daughter as I live the nickname Maddie but anyone I mentioned it to made the McCann connection and it put my husband off. I'd still use it though!

It is a sad link but one her peers won’t make and will reduce over the years. By the time she’s in secondary school it will have been 20 years. So it would put me off a bit but it’s a lovely name