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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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MiriMollyMartha · 13/07/2022 13:51

Madduh-line (with the line like the end of Caroline).

I'm from Sussex.

Perplexed0522 · 20/07/2022 07:09

Mad-a-leen

Leicestershire.

bitelover · 20/07/2022 13:34

In English, I'd say mad-uh-lyn (like McCann).
In French, mad-lehn (like the character in Amelie if you've ever watched it).

pinklavenders · 20/07/2022 14:45

Mad LAINE

I don't like the emphasis on the Mad...

djdkdkddkek · 20/07/2022 14:46

Madda-lin
London

LadyFlumpalot · 20/07/2022 15:12

Mad-uh-lean. I'm from the South East (Berkshire) originally but with a hefty Somerset burr in there as well these days.

knackeredagain · 20/07/2022 15:15

Madda-lin (Lancs)

ihavenocats · 20/07/2022 16:01

Violetandpurple · 12/07/2022 20:13

Mad-uh-line is the pronunciation we like but if she’d forever get mad uh lin I feel like we should avoid it which would be a shame as it’s a very pretty name

I prefer Madalin too. What about

Avaline ? or Adaline?

pinklavenders · 20/07/2022 16:03

Or Caroline?

Much prettier than Mad aline imo. I really don't like the Mad 😡 sound...

garlictwist · 20/07/2022 16:38

Mad-lin.

From
Cumbria.

mathanxiety · 20/07/2022 16:39

Mad-uh-leen

From Dublin area, Ireland.

mathanxiety · 20/07/2022 16:40

Posted too soon - emphasis on MAD, and I would spell it Madeleine.

I had an aunt born around 1915 who spelled it and pronounced it as I do.

Skelligsfeathers · 20/07/2022 16:43

Mad- uh-kin

SteakExpectations · 20/07/2022 16:47

Madeleine - Mad-uh-lane

Madeline - Mad-uh-lin, unless corrected to Mad-uh-line

rightonthyme · 20/07/2022 17:03

Violetandpurple · 12/07/2022 20:13

Mad-uh-line is the pronunciation we like but if she’d forever get mad uh lin I feel like we should avoid it which would be a shame as it’s a very pretty name

This is how I say it (SW England)

PinkCheetah · 20/07/2022 18:46

Mad-uh-line
London

ChagSameachDoreen · 20/07/2022 18:49

Madlin. Liverpool.

SiobhanSharpe · 20/07/2022 18:52

The first one i would pronounce Mad-uh-lane, the second Mad a line. Prefer the first.
London born, lived abroad a lot, now living in Cambridge. RP-ish accent.

KezzabellaB · 20/07/2022 18:52

Mad-a-laine

ClumpingBambooIsALie · 20/07/2022 18:57

MAD-lun. Or MAD-layn. Depends how they were introduced to me. Yorkshire but lived in the South a long time.

chocolateoranges33 · 20/07/2022 19:01

Mad uh lin - sourh coast

Maddiehere · 20/07/2022 19:15

ihavenocats · 20/07/2022 16:01

I prefer Madalin too. What about

Avaline ? or Adaline?

I'd pronounce those as Av-uh-leen and Add-a-leen (Irish)🤔

Changechangychange · 20/07/2022 19:20

Ma-de-line is German to me - I would always say “Madda-lin” in the UK.

mistygem · 20/07/2022 19:49

Mad-LEHN - that's how I learnt in Croatia.

Jewelanemone · 20/07/2022 19:54

Madd-uh-len.

Devon, now Surrey.