Madelaine Ray Brown (1898 – 1968) was an American neurologist. She specialized in the treatment of Ménière's disease, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological conditions. She also had multiple sclerosis for most of her adult career, and used a wheelchair and other adaptations to maintain a full schedule of teaching and research.
Looks like Mad Elaine, or looks as if it is pronounced MAD-ǝ-LAYN. I don't mean it in a bad way though, but just use Magdalene or Madeleine or Madeline.
My name is Madelaine. I am a teenager and use Madi (because it's easier to say/write and my mum called me it my whole life because she wanted to call me Maddie, but my dad said my name should be Madelaine.) I like the spelling of my name a lot more than any other spelling. I also choose to pronounce it with LANE at the end instead of LIN (or LEN) because I think it sounds better.
I must say, I'm quite biased; My name is Madelaine. Even though I'm just a teenager, I have met a handful of other "Madelines" and "Madelyns" (it varies with the spelling). Now that I've seen so many different ways of spelling it, I'm starting to wish my named was spelled differently. The idea of having a "y" in my name seems pretty cool and it could also make a great signature.I need to warn you of something though. I have nothing against the movie about the French little girl named MadeLINE (emphasis on he L"i"NE which throws the pronunciation way off), but getting told constantly, "HEY, your name is like that little girl named Madel"i"ne in that French movie!" is quite annoying. (I love the French culture so that it not the reason I say this. I guess everyone has some kind of story about how people mess up there name. I just love to rant about mine =]]] )
I think this is a nice twist on the traditional Madeline or Madeleine. It's different, but not too over the top, and I like the sound of it. I love the nickname Laine with it! :-)