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I think it's very cute as a nickname,as a given name it's still pretty but I feel like it should be the abbreviation of a longer name

Strictly as a nickname - I like it as one for Madison and Magdalena, but Madi is my preferred spelling.

Nickname only

I prefer it as a nickname for Madeline or Maddalena, unless the bearer is a pioneer woman. Maddie and Mattie both have a folksy, olden days appeal that I appreciate in the right setting. I agree with Rox and Wordsmith that it's one of those neo-frontier names that have now become synonymous with spoiled pre-teens, all the folksiness is sadly gone.

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I once read a book when I was a kid with a vampire character called Maddie, short for Madder. That always stayed with me.

It's fine if it's a nickname for something else, like Madeleine or Madalyn. I don't like Madison.

In a way, by itself, it sounds like a really old name mainly because of similarity to Mattie and Maggie. I prefer it to those, maybe; it's a little softer and more contemporary. I also prefer it to Addie; it seems steadier.

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The only Maddie I have known personally had the full name Maddalena, and it seemed alright as a NN for that. She was born in the 1990s, and, I think, named after her grandmother. Before I met her, I associated Maddie with Madison, which seems kind of shallow/preppy in a generic way. I also know a Madeline (born in the 1980s); she doesn't use a NN, and I think that suits her.

This message was edited 4/7/2025, 5:32 AM

It's great as a nickname, but I would prefer a longer name on a human.

It's so cutesy and at the same time frumpy, and so generic as a nn. Maddie and Ellie and Sophie and Lexi, all squealing and drinking the same neon-orange energy drink full of little gummi-balls.

Who wants a small, insane female? Madeleine is good, but safer as a mn, precisely to avoid te possibility of Maddie. Madison is past its most popular ranking and will, I expect, become a way of accurately guessing its owner's age.

It's bratty, whiny, annoying, and dated. Next.