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Madeleine, if you were to use the Line pronunciation (as opposed to Leen or Len), would have to be pronounced mad-uh-LIEN-uh. That's because the Eye pronunciation for "ei" is German, and in German they would also pronounce the final E. That pronunciation doesn't make sense in French, which is this variant's origin.

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Madeleine should be pronounced MAD-uh-len. If you want the Line pronunciation, using Madeline makes much more sense.

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I used to shy away from this name mainly because of the Maddy nickname and that it seemed unavoidable (that, and the name starts with Mad). It's probably inevitable once the child is in school.

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