Adelyn, Adeleine or Madeleine

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We really like all these names, I know the first 2 are a little more unusual so perhaps not to everyone's taste..

We like madeleine too but slight reservation being connected madeleine mcann who is back in the news a lot again recently!

Help 😊😊😊

Any thoughts/preferences?

I love Madeleine. What about Evangeline?

Isn't Adeline the more typical spelling?

Yes and it's a beautiful name.

I love Madeleine. The association wouldn’t put me off. It’s about time the name was used again, it’s beautiful.

Is Adelyn pronounced with a 'Lynn' sound at the end? If not, Adeline/Adaline is much nicer IMO.

Adeleine I would assume rhymes with Madeleine/Madeline.

Ahh blimey you are absolutely right, thank you for highlighting that!

Hopefully that wouldn't become a problem if we choose that name and it being spelt incorrectly.

Imo Madeline is only unusable if your surname is McCann Are you wanting the -line or -lynn pronunciation ?
I prefer Adeline to Adelyn (didn't even know that it was a name)

Thank you for the suggestion, although I struggle pronouncing this, a bit too much of a mouthful for me! 🙊

I prefer Madeleine but not the biggest fan. What about Adelaide?

None of them. If it was not for the McCanns I would choose Madeleine.

I initially preferred adelyn (pronounced exactly as you say with a Lynn at the end) but I'm now warming towards adeleine I'm just not sure!

I would pronounce it exactly like I would for madeleine but without the M!

Please let me know if anyone else would pronounce it differently!

Thank you for the suggestion, although I'm not a big fan of adelaide! 🥰

Adeline is lovely.

I like Madeleine.

Madeleine is a lovely name, and the inevitable association with the missing child will inevitably fade over time, but I still wouldn’t use it if I had a Mc / Mac surname.

Madeleine is my favourite.

Adelaide and Adelyn make me think anyone saying the.names has adenoid problems, both because of similar initial sounds and all the Ds.

Autocorret takes the blame for Adelyn.

Should be Adeleine.

I like both the names. Spelling wise I would go for Madelaine and Adeline. I would pronounce Adeline as Adder-line as in washing line, which is how my relative with the name pronounced it.

Madeleine is my favourite by far. It’s a fab name. The name by itself wouldn’t ever think of Madeleine McCann.

I have an Adeline, so obviously I'm biased and think it's a beautiful name 😁

We get a lot of compliments on her name. Love Madeleine too.

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Particularly when you say it with a different surname.

I have a Madeleine - no one ever mentions McCann in relation to her name

Madeleine's gorgeous, I have one so I am biased! But nobody ever mentions anything and she's 14 now - I think it's just a well known name in itself, without the McCann association.

What pronunciation would you use? I’ve heard both Adeline and madeleine being pronounced as either line or lynn

I like Adeline and Madeleine. Not keen on the other one.

I prefer Maddie to Addie so I'd probably go with Madeleine.