Comments for MADELINE:

In French it is pronounced mah-duh-leen or mad-leen.

-- Miss Claire  6/11/2005

I have always loved my name. My brothers got ordinary names. But I got a fun name! Even if it is old-fashioned I still can't thank my parents enough for naming me "Madeline".

-- Maddy  12/9/2005

Madeline is the heroine in John Keats' famous poem "The Eve of St. Agnes."

-- ars musica  12/12/2005

Madeline is the name of a little girl in a series of children's books. She has red hair and lives with a nun and a bunch of other girls in a big brick house. She has many fun adventures.

-- breakofday  12/16/2005

I have a cousin who pronounces it Mad-a-lyn.

-- Anonymous User  1/13/2006

Where I'm from people pronounce the name mad-a-lynn.

-- dani_08  3/5/2006

In French it's pronounced Mad-LEEN. In English it's Mad-e-LINE. Madelyn is a different name altogether but people still manage to get them confused.

-- Anonymous User  4/3/2006

This is a very pretty name for a girl. It's much nicer and more classic that than that hideous, unisex and totally overused Madison.

-- Anonymous User  7/14/2006

I agree with the previous comment. My sister's name is Madeline and we all love it. I really think that her and myself lucked out on the names that not everyone has.

-- rebekahann  7/23/2006

Madeline Usher is the heroine of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher".

-- audreyhubley  8/5/2006

I wouldn't really call her a heroine. Poe's stories rarely had heroes. She's the woman who was accidentally buried alive by her brother, Roderick.

-- dramaelf  8/20/2006

I love the name, although Maddy is a bit irritating. I would totally name my future kid Madeline.

-- shadex  10/16/2006

There is Madeline L'Engle, the writer of the Time Quartet, the most boring set of books in the history of the world.

-- bibi66  1/6/2007

She's Madeleine L'Engle.

-- Anonymous User  1/28/2007

I love the name Madeline. I've known more than seven girls with the name and they all pronounce it mad-e-lin. Two of the girls I knew were named Madeline Rose. It really is a beautiful and classic name that I still think isn't getting as over-used as Madison, which I also love but think is now too common.

-- writing the world  2/20/2007

I have never heard this pronounced mad-uh-LIEN. In English the first syllable is stressed. MAD-eh-lyn is also frequently used. [noted -ed]

-- Elly747  3/1/2007

I've never heard this name being pronounced "mad-ah-LEEN" or any of those other pronunciations. I've always said "mad-ah-LINE", which in my opinion is very pretty.

-- Georgia_kh  4/19/2007

None of my friends like Madeline. Everyone says they think my name, Madison, is much rarer. Then again, to those of you who are American, it's a lot less popular over here in Wales. My name is unique so far!

-- DontDissMadison  5/1/2007

Pretty name. I like the nickname Maddy. I like it much better than Madison (no offense to people named this)!

-- CharlieRob  5/7/2007

My name is Madeline and I love it! No one else that I know has it therefore making it unique. My brother got a very normal/common/boring name Jack but I got a good one! Also it is pronounced Mad-e-LINE if spelt the same way as my name or mad-e-LEIN if spelt with the extra e (Madeleine.)

-- maddy_01  6/15/2007

I love the name Madeline - but the nickname Maddy annoys me. It just makes me think of a crazy person. I know a girl called Madeline who goes by Linna for short.

-- Anonymous User  7/2/2007

I absolutely love this name, and plan on naming my first daughter this name. Why? It was my great-grandmother's name. And she pronounced it Mad-eh-lynn. And I'm pretty sure we're English, so I wouldn't say that English people pronounce the name Mad-eh-line. In fact, that name bothers me. Makes me think of little girls who walk on walls and fall sick. I much prefer my great-grandmother's way of pronouncing it.

-- hannahxxdiva  9/3/2007

I love this name and will use it if I ever have a baby girl. Growing up I always loved the stories of the little red head school girl name Madeline. And just like the pronunciation in the stories I pronounce it as Mad-e-line. I can't see how some people say Mad-e-lyn. Because if you look at the name Caroline and Carolyn, you will see that Carol-LINE is with line and Carol-LYN is with lyn, lin. But no matter how people pronounce it I still love and will always think of my favorite story book character.

-- Anonymous User  9/7/2007

I was given this name at birth in honor of a grandmother, my father's mother, Maddalena, in Italy. I prefer the Italian form, by which my father called me. Maddalena, Madelyn, Madaline, and all other of its variants are from Miriam of Magdala, called "the Magdalen", disciple of Jesus. I was the only Madeline in my Catholic grammar school until 6th grade when another Madeline enrolled. I always loved having an uncommon name.
There is also an island, La Maddalena off the coast of Sardinia, Italy.
There was a popular song that I was teased with when I was little called "Paddlin' Madeline Home.
Madeleine (the French form of the name) Albright, one famous bearer of the name is a former Secretary of State under President Clinton.

-- angelosdaughter  9/9/2007

Although, like I've said, it's not too popular over the pond, I really like Madeline as a second name. My first daughter will be called Serenity Madeline (pronounced Mad-A-Lin, because I don't like the spelling Madalyn).

-- DontDissMadison  10/24/2007

This is one of my favorite names! It's so pretty, and Madeline was my favorite cartoon growing up.

Pronouncing this name as MAD-e-lyn gets on my nerves, though. If you want your daughter's name to be said like that, spell it Madeleine/Madelyn. Madeline is pronounced MAD-e-line. It's like the user said above, you don't pronounce Caroline as CARE-o-lyn, do you?

-- Skittsie13  11/14/2007

Uh, tons of people pronounce the name Caroline the same way they do Carolyn.

-- Anonymous User  11/3/2008

Definitely prefer Madeline to Madelaine or Madeleine. They seem less sweet and more "look at me, giving my daughter an elegant name, I'm so high class".

-- scholasticastewart  1/15/2008

I once knew a Madeline who pronounced her name [maedəli:n], though I have heard the French form pronounced as [maedəlain], which is completely incorrect.

The sounds of [ae], or the "a" in the American variant of "at", and of [ai], the name of the letter "I", do not exist in French.

-- Bastien Rosier  3/11/2008

This is such a lovely name! Madeline Fleur goes really well together! I only like it pronounced mad-a-line though.

-- Anonymous User  4/17/2008

This is the name of poor Madeline McCann, who went missing in 2007 in Portugal.

-- rachypiesheepbaa  7/20/2008

It's Madeleine McCann, not Madeline McCann.

-- enchy  9/6/2009

My sister's name is Madeline, and I love it. I wish my parents had named me that. I want to name my daughter Madeline, after my sister. My sister's nickname is Maddie, I think that is cute.

-- Anonymous User  10/4/2008

My best friend's name is Madeline, and I think it's great! Although I wonder about how she pronounces it. She says her name is really pronounced Mad-a-lein, but she pronounces it Mad-a-lin anyway. I always wonder, "Can you do that?" I dunno, it's weird.

-- Anonymous User  2/28/2009

This name is too cute. I think of a beautiful princess or a cute kid. It's not extremely common either, but not unusual. I don't really like Maddy though. I like both pronunciations mad-uh-line and mad-uh-lin, they're both nice, I think mad-uh-line is better though. I hope to name my daughter Madeleine!

-- Anonymous User  3/10/2009

This name is classic and GORGEOUS. It sounds so pretty and regal. I can picture a beautiful princess Madeline!

-- Anonymous User  3/12/2009

This name should replace all the girl Madisons out there! Beautiful!

-- Anonymous User  6/27/2009

I like this name, but I pronounce it Mad-uh-lyn. I dislike the Mad-uh-LINE with the long I pronunciation, because it comes from the name Magdalene, which has no long I sound. This name is gorgeous, and youthful in a good way. I think if I were to use this name though, I would spell it Madalene, which is pretty much Magdalene with an omitted G. I like that spelling the best. Not that I dislike Madeline I just wouldn't want everyone pronouncing it Mad-uh-LINE. Overall, Madeline is a gorgeous name, no matter the pronunciation. ☺

-- baileymarissa  7/29/2009

Madeline Kahn was an actress who appeared in many movies, including Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. She died of ovarian cancer 10 years ago.

-- bananarama  8/15/2009

The name Madeline is so mature and beautiful. It's not trashy or dumb. It certainly isn't like the similar, boring, over-used names like Madison. I think anyone with that name could be taken seriously. When I think of someone with that name, I think of someone smart and sweet. I LOVE IT!

-- Anonymous User  8/24/2009

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