Madeleine?

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CaramelWaferAndTea · 24/01/2022 16:01

DD due soon and we keep on coming back to Madeleine. Very boring surname like Smith, DS Theodore.

The only thing is the obvious connection from the news stories. I searched it and surprised to see it’s still such a frequent news item in some papers - it isn’t in those we read. Any thoughts?

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Fleur405 · 25/01/2022 21:41

I know a baby Madeleine - I think it’s a nice name and the association never occurred to me.

CaffaJakes · 25/01/2022 21:54

I don't dislike my name but I've had a lot of Maddie McCann jokes and comments over the years. They do get a bit annoying. The one frequent scenario that happened repeatedly when I was younger was if I was ever on a night out and someone asked my name, drunk young boys seemed to find it hilarious to shout "WE FOUND HER!" happened too many times I literally got to the point I'd say wow I've never heard that before, you are so original and walk off. I also had one comment from my sonographer at my 20 week scan! She read my name off the screen and said "Oh such a beautiful name, I always think of that poor little girl though" I had never had a comment from a professional (or many people that weren't drunk) and was a bit stunned, my anomaly scan didn't seem like the right place to mention a highly likely dead child..

nildesparandum · 25/01/2022 22:01

Madelaine is a name that must have been going the rounds a long time ago. When I was a child my grandmother had a friend called Madelaine and I also had a great aunt Madelaine but she was known as Lena.
Madelaine reminds me of those two more than Madelaine McCann.

EishetChayil · 25/01/2022 23:17

Aside from the obvious connotation, the "mad" sound is ugly. Maddie is a dreadful name.

itstrue · 25/01/2022 23:23

I have a Madeleine. She's 14 and no one ever mentions that association. It's also never shortened so you don't necessarily have to have a Maddy

Bluemamma · 26/01/2022 11:42

It’s a gorgeous name, it would just remind me of that Madeline unfortunately:( I wouldn’t use it but if it doesn’t bother you then totally use it, lovely name

Marcipex · 26/01/2022 17:15

It’s a lovely name and deserves to be used more.
I don’t think we’re ever going to find out the truth of what happened to poor little MM, unless there is a deathbed confession one day.

PrimroseBed · 26/01/2022 17:23

I don't think poor MM will spring to mind for our children's generation. Just asked DD15 what the name made her think of and she answered:

the cake
her friend Maddie
a kid called Madeleine McCain? McClean?

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