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Madeline?
WDYT of the name Madeline and/or Madeleine. Either way, we'd be saying it mad-uh-lynn/lenn. I really really really dislike the spelling Madelyn though. I do like the pronounciation mad-uh-line for Madeline as well, but my husband doesn't. Which of the following middle names do you prefer?Madeline Genevieve
Madeline Josephine
Madeline Emilia
Madeline Ava
Madeline Brie
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If you want lenn/lynne I would go with Madeleine personally. It just seems to look incer to me.
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I like the name, but it's soooooo incredibly popular! My favorite combo is Madeline Ava, but I like Madeline Emilia too. Madeline Josephine is too rhymey for me. I also MUCH prefer the spelling Madeleine.
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Madeline Emilia (although I prefer Amelia).
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I really like the name Madeline
I like it spelled Madeline and pronounced Mad-uh-lynn/lennI really like Madeline Emilia (although I much perfer Amelia)
I really don't the name Brie
I kind of like the rest of the middle names
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I like Madeleine Brie and Madeleine Genevieve.Proud adopter of 8 PPs: !!!!!!Carmina Lorraine, Ivah Marie, Gloriana Celeste, Ronan Barclay, Clive Ian, Amos Logan; ~~Matilda Jane, Vannie Lawrence"A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing." -Jessamyn West (1903-1984)
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Madeline Ava seems the most balanced to me. The others seem either far too long or (in Brie's case) just a bit too topheavy. Of course, my friend is a Madeline Ann, so I'm very biased. ;)Array
"What are these parents thinking?...Let's name her Madison--she'll live in her own world: 16 square miles surrounded by reality." -- Susan Lampert Smith
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I like Madeleine Genevieve bestI prefer the French spelling Madeleine (Ma-deh-lenn). Madeline (Mad-uh-linn) is pretty too. But I don't like Madeline rhyming with Caroline.
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I don't know for sure whether people are more like to say "lyn" or "line" for Madeline, but I'd personally say "line". For the "lyn" or "len" pronunciation I do only like Madelyn, but "len" is the normal pron. for Madeleine so I'd use that one :-)Madeleine needs a shorter middle name than Genevieve, Josephine and Emilia (as much as I love Emilia ... Actually Emilia Madeleine would flow OK). Ava and Brie flow better but are too popular and currently trendy._____________________________________________________________________"There are few more distressing sights than that
Of an Englishman in a baseball cap
Yeah we'll die in the class we were born
That's a class of our own my love"Elinor
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I don't know for sure whether people are more like to say "lyn" or "line" for Madeline, but I'd personally say "line". For the "lyn" or "len" pronunciation I do only like Madelyn, but "len" is the normal pron. for Madeleine so I'd use that one :-)Madeleine needs a shorter middle name than Genevieve, Josephine and Emilia (as much as I love Emilia ... Actually Emilia Madeleine would flow OK). Ava and Brie flow better but are too popular and currently trendy._____________________________________________________________________"There are few more distressing sights than that
Of an Englishman in a baseball cap
Yeah we'll die in the class we were born
That's a class of our own my love"Elinor
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I like Madeline Ava (with the Mad-uh-lynn pronunciation, but the Madeline-speling). Madeline Emilia's also good.~Lully Lulla~
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I agree with Jacks and Shana about the pronounciation, not in a bad way but I would definitly go for Madeleine (mah-duh-len/lyn) or Madeline (mah-duh-line).They just 'fit' better with their spellings that way :)Madeleine Genevieve is absolutely beautiful, I really love it
Madeleine Josephine is also very pretty but doesn't flow as well
Madeleine Emilia I find difficult to say for some reason
Madeleine Ava would be cute but I think Madeleine needs a more classic or unusual name as Ava is so trendy right now
Madeleine Brie - Brie isn't really a name to me, my initial impression would be that the parents were trying to be FrenchAlice :)My favourite names are Isaac Atticus, Miller Gabriel, Lily Annabel and Freya Clara
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I like the combo Madeline Ava the best.
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Madeline Emilia
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I really like them all. Madeline Emilia is my favorite. The only one that I don't think flows very well is Madeline Ava, but it's still nice.
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I've really started to love the name Josephine as a mn. It goes great with Madeline!
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I pronounce Madeline as Mad-eh-lyn. I used to like the name (it used to be on my "Other Names I Like For Girls" list), but now I find it ugly and unflattering. Sorry. I, too, dislike the spelling Madelyn, as I find it trendy, with the -lyn ending. Sorry, but I don't care for your middle name choices, but if I had to choose a combo, it'd be Madeline Brie.Edit: Spelling.
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Well personally I love the combo Madelyn Rose, but you don't like that spelling, but what about Madeline Rose? (just a suggestion, it's one of my personal faves)Madeline Genevieve - It's nice, classy and sophisticated sounding
Madeline Josephine - I don't care for Josephine very much
Madeline Emilia - This sounds very pretty
Madeline Ava - This is nice
Madeline Brie - I like this tooI like my favorite would have to be Madeline Emilia, but the others (with the exception of josephine) I think are very nice too.
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I like Madeline pronounced with the LINE, but Madeleine pronounced with the LYN is not bad. Personally, I'd use the Madelaine or Madeleine spelling if you wanted that pronounciation & you didn't like the Madelyn spelling.
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I agree...(m)I agree about the spelling. Since you don't like Madelyn, but want it pronounced mad-uh-lynn/lenn, I'd stay clear of the Madeline spelling, as it may commonly be mispronounced as mad-uh-line
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Well... I wasn't really asking about the pronounciation part. Just telling you how we'd say it. I know 3 little Madeline's and all three of them say their name with the -lynn ending. So... around here it's not a problem. My mom was actually going to name my sister Victoria, Madeline for a while, said as Madelyn. Guess it all jsut depends on where you're at. Thanks for bringing it up though, it could be a problem somewhere else!And really, I like the mad-uh-line pro. so if they called her that, I'd just correct them. No big deal.
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