Madeleine or Melissa?

[kz055]

I need your opinion.
Thanks.

Honestly I wouldn't use either. But if you love them use them.

Both lovely I would probably pick Melissa slightly less used I think and I'm not too keen on maddy .. although like madeleine...Melissa also has lovely meanings ..
Also like Meredith

Melissa

Like them both but they’ll get shortened so do you like Maddie and Mel? I don’t think Madeleine is overused. I really like Mel.

Love Madeleine. Melissa is very 80s to me!

My granddaughter is Maddilyn and she is the most gorgeous little miracle so I’m going for Madeleine (whichever way you’d spell it!)

Melissa

Not a fan of Maddy as a nn so would go with Melissa

Overall I prefer Madeleine but it will most likely get shortened to Maddie/Maddy which is very overused. Melissa is much more unusual.

Madeleine, hands down,

I have a Madeleine
Her friends call her Mads rather than Maddie (she is 13)
I still love the name.

@peonypower I also have a Madeleine who gets Mads rather than Maddie! Primary school age

I like both, but Madeline is great.

I have a Madeleine, aged 12, she is a Mads too! Although only to her friends. She insists on her full name from all the family!

I would choose Melissa.

I don't like the English pronunciation of Madeleine with the emphasis on MAD 😡. Maddie, Mads and Mad are not nice imo.

Love Madeleine

Melissa.

Madeleine
Melissa is awful, sorry

Both are lovely but I feel Madeleine is a bit more classic - Melissa feels quite 80s to me. You could also nickname Madeleine, Laney and Melissa, Lissy.

Melissa

I have a Madeleine. Strangely no one shortens it!

I like the name Madeleine but I just can’t separate it from Madeleine McCann sadly, that association ruins the name for me. Silly I know, but honestly true. And I agree with a PP that Melissa is very 80s and I just can’t imagine a baby now being called that. It’s almost like Neil or Gary for me in that sense! I quite like Meredith as an alternative suggestion?

We have a Madeline and she's awesome so definitely that from me.
She is called Maddie by her friends and us sometimes but usually Madeline.
She loves her name but likes the shorter Maddie as she's 14 and apparently it's cooler .

Madeleine is beautiful.
Melissa is dated and not great.

We have a Melissa in our extended family and I love it. She's been Mel since late teens though (her choice).

I like Madeleine but it would probably be mostly your family who call her that. Youngsters nowadays don't tend to call each other by full names so as soon as they're able it will be Mads/Maddy/Maddie etc.