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Names similar to Madeline/Madeleine

29 replies

PangolinPenguin · 12/04/2021 20:38

I like Madeline but dislike Maddie. Are there any names that sound similar that wouldn’t get shortened?

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NannyR · 12/04/2021 20:39

Adelaide or Adeline?

itstrue · 12/04/2021 20:39

I have a Madeleine. It's never shortened.

Her sisters name is Juliette

BrutusMcDogface · 12/04/2021 20:43

Madison? I love adeline but that might get shortened to Addie.

BrutusMcDogface · 12/04/2021 20:44

Btw, I used to teach a Madeleine whose mother said it wasn’t to be shortened; however, the girl in question actually asked me to call her maddie.

BrutusMcDogface · 12/04/2021 20:44

Gwendolyn?

SheldonesqueHasGotTheWeevils · 12/04/2021 20:45

I knew a Madeleine.

Loved by us all as Madge.

tararabumdeay · 12/04/2021 20:48

Miranda - the best Shakespeare play name.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 12/04/2021 20:49

Almost any name can be shortened, op.
Except mine ‘Clare.’ You maybe want to consider that,However she may not Thankyou for giving her name without a more friendly alternative.

Trying to think of more names that can’t be shortened.
May
Faye
Elle
Erin.

tararabumdeay · 12/04/2021 20:50

Had a sudent called Molleneux (know as Molly). I thought that was cool.

herecomesfrog · 12/04/2021 20:57

I have a Madeleine, nn Molly.

Flossingisforteeth · 12/04/2021 21:01

Florentine?

merrymelody · 12/04/2021 21:06

Mathilde or Matilda?

bluechameleon · 12/04/2021 21:13

Emmeline
Clementine
Meredith
Rosalind/Rosamund

I like previous suggestions of Miranda and Adeline too.

Allthebears · 12/04/2021 21:42

Marianne?

Wishingwell75 · 12/04/2021 22:00

When you say similar do you mean names beginning with M, french names or the same amount of syllables?
Margot/Margeaux
Delphine
Bathsheba
Angharad
Cariad
Manon
Menna
Loveday
Eleri
Cosima

Wishingwell75 · 12/04/2021 22:02

Aww sorry OP, I wrote it as a list - don't know why it came out like that.

Sawyersfishbiscuits · 12/04/2021 22:08

Marianne
Marisa
Melissa
Mair
Adeline

Flymetothestars · 12/04/2021 22:33

Margaret Maggie?
Martha

JaneJeffer · 12/04/2021 22:46

Magdalena

Troyhelena · 12/04/2021 22:47

Magdalene?
Adeline

PainterInPeril · 12/04/2021 22:52

Genevieve
Penelope
Josephine

TeddyBeans · 12/04/2021 23:03

I know of someone called Marlene, Lene for short - pronounced mar-lay-nah

Marmaladeagain · 12/04/2021 23:06

not similar as such but going the French route - Elodie?

Nannyamc · 12/04/2021 23:07

Mary or May or Mae
My friend Madeline was always called Maggie

SoftSheen · 12/04/2021 23:14

Adeline (as pp suggested). More unusual and elegant than Madeleine.
Marianne
Marguerite
Margaux
Angeline
Coraline
Emmeline