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in reply to a message by Miranda
... So do you think Keelan could also mean slender and do you think Maddock 1) is a real name and 2)could be used. If it could, what is its meaning?
~Mary
(do you have any other websites i could look at for names?)
~Mary
(do you have any other websites i could look at for names?)
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Maddock and Keelan
I've seen Maddock before, so I think it could be a real name. However, it's not my style at all. I don't care for Maddock, Maddox, Madoc, or Madog, sorry.
Maddock comes from Madoc, which is a Welsh name meaning "fortunate", like I said. So Maddock's meaning would be "fortunate".
Keelan actually means "slender and fair" because of the two elements meaning "fair" and "slender" respectively are combined in the name Caoilfhionn. Keelan is an Anglicisation, or English version, of Caoilfhionn.
Oxygen.com's Babynamer (http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/) is another fairly accurate site. However, it does get meanings wrong occasionally.
Miranda
I've seen Maddock before, so I think it could be a real name. However, it's not my style at all. I don't care for Maddock, Maddox, Madoc, or Madog, sorry.
Maddock comes from Madoc, which is a Welsh name meaning "fortunate", like I said. So Maddock's meaning would be "fortunate".
Keelan actually means "slender and fair" because of the two elements meaning "fair" and "slender" respectively are combined in the name Caoilfhionn. Keelan is an Anglicisation, or English version, of Caoilfhionn.
Oxygen.com's Babynamer (http://tools.oxygen.com/babynamer/) is another fairly accurate site. However, it does get meanings wrong occasionally.
Miranda
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well maddock is my last name and i appecriate the information you have gave me for my report on ancestors
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Pronunciations
Maddock is pronounced just like it's written: mad-DOCK (dock like "doctor"). Keelan, I would think, is KEE-lin, because Caoilfhionn's pronounced that way (Irish spellings are quite different from English spellings).
And Alina could be a-LEE-na, a-LIN-a, or a-LYE-na. Personally, I much prefer the first pronunciation. Especially if you're going to use Alina as a short form of Adelina or something like that.
If you have any more questions on any other names, we'd greatly appreciate it if you first searched for the name in question in the search box on the main page of Behind the Name. If you can't find the name you're looking for (or a name that's similar) already in the database, then you'd be welcome to ask us for info on this board (the General board). Thanks.
Miranda
Maddock is pronounced just like it's written: mad-DOCK (dock like "doctor"). Keelan, I would think, is KEE-lin, because Caoilfhionn's pronounced that way (Irish spellings are quite different from English spellings).
And Alina could be a-LEE-na, a-LIN-a, or a-LYE-na. Personally, I much prefer the first pronunciation. Especially if you're going to use Alina as a short form of Adelina or something like that.
If you have any more questions on any other names, we'd greatly appreciate it if you first searched for the name in question in the search box on the main page of Behind the Name. If you can't find the name you're looking for (or a name that's similar) already in the database, then you'd be welcome to ask us for info on this board (the General board). Thanks.
Miranda
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