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How do you pronounce this name & where are you from?

162 replies

Violetandpurple · 12/07/2022 20:07

Madeleine -
alao is this how you would naturally spell it or would you use Madeline.
just curious if we’d be forever correcting pronunciation and spelling.

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Cervinia · 12/07/2022 20:45

Mad-a-lain West Yorkshire.

castleview97 · 12/07/2022 20:46

Mad-eh-lenn, but then I like French names

Bouledeneige · 12/07/2022 20:53

Mad-a-len - North London

PennyMordor · 12/07/2022 20:55

LIke the cakes.

MassiveSalad22 · 12/07/2022 21:06

Madda-lin or madda-line depending… not sure ok what, I guess how the person is introduced.

A friend just had a Madeline and I just read it as made-line.

MassiveSalad22 · 12/07/2022 21:07

I’m from the south west

MayEye · 12/07/2022 21:12

Where I live in Ireland it would be pronounced Ma-da-leen just to throw another pronunciation into the mix 😁

Fivebeanchilli · 12/07/2022 21:16

Madeleine I would pronounce madd-uh-lain.
Madeline I would pronounce madd-uh-lin.
But I pronounce both Emmeline and Clementine with an -ine sound at the end so I wouldn't think it was weird if you pn it like that.
But I do think she'll have to constantly tell people when she first meets them.

DeadbeatYoda · 12/07/2022 21:25

Mad-ur-lenn
Southerner

anderosonnmj · 12/07/2022 21:27

Madda-lane. I'm from the SE.

onlythreenow · 12/07/2022 21:29

Maddalin - New Zealand

zurala · 12/07/2022 21:30

Mad-uh-len. I'm in the south east

Wednesdayafternoon · 12/07/2022 21:32

Mad a line
From UK North west

RuthW · 12/07/2022 21:43

Mad- eh- lane
Midlands

ChickenSandwichandCupofTea · 12/07/2022 21:45

Madda-lin - I’m from Northern Ireland

nildesparandum · 12/07/2022 21:47

I am from the North East.When I was a child, many many moons ago now, my grandmother had a friend called Madeleine. Her name was always pronounced as Madeleen.
I also had a great Aunt Madeleine who was always known as Lena.

User6761 · 12/07/2022 21:49

Ma-de-lin

I'm from Scotland

I would assume it was spelt Madeleine.

weegiemum · 12/07/2022 21:50

Mad-eh-linn.

Scotland, Glasgow. Pretty sure on that as it was our girls name for ds. Went off it by dd2.

ReadtheReviews · 12/07/2022 21:53

Madder len am from sw originally

caz198917 · 12/07/2022 21:55

Mad eh line

South west :)

NotSoLittle · 12/07/2022 21:56

Madeleine = Ma-dah-lane

Madeline = Ma-dah-line

Londoner

Penguinsaregreat · 12/07/2022 21:56

Mad ah line
I’m in Yorkshire.

LaFeuilleMorte · 12/07/2022 21:58

Mad-eh-len. It’s a French name and that’s the correct pronunciation for Madeleine.

BeautifulWar · 12/07/2022 22:01

Mad-er-lain
Madder-lin

South Easterner

MatildaJayne · 12/07/2022 22:01

Mad el en. SW

All the Madeleine, Madelines I know are invariably called Maddi.