Meriel or Madeleine

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Hi all

Our little girl is now a week old and still has no name. We've managed to get down to a choice between Madeleine and Meriel. We're not sure which to chose.

We love Meriel because is sounds so musical and we also like the idea that it can be shortened to Meri when she's older. It also fits with our Irish/Welsh roots.

We love Madeleine becasue is sounds so pretty but we're worred that because Madison and Maddison are quite popular there will be lots of Maddies around (no idea if this is true though). Also we have a 10 letter surname so that's a lot of letters!

Would love to hear your thoughts

Thanks

My now 13 year old just found this thread when searching for her name and showed me, so just to tie it all up... we went for Meriel. She's very happy with it but usually uses Meri. Not had any of the Muriel issues yet just Mary-el occasionally. Thanks for all the input, and I've enjoyed looking through again 13 years later!

We went for Meriel, she's 13 now 😀

Meriel is lovely. It's a new name for me and I love it.
I have always like Mariella and Mary Ellen.

Meriel sounds perfect for your daughter.

Madeleine

How lovely 😍