Comments for the name Madeleine

A famous bearer is the Swedish princess Madeleine.

Also the amazing author Madeleine L'Engle. (She wrote a Wrinkle In Time, etc.)

Madde is a common nickname in Sweden.

Madeleine Albright, first woman Secretary of State of the USA.

Madeleine Allbright(ová) was born as Marie Korbelová.

The French say it Mad-LEHN. In America, however, we say Mad-a-LEIN.

Ma-de-LEHN. Not MadeLYN. Not MadeLINE. Madeleine is the most beautiful and most classic form of this name.

This is such a beautiful name!

Madeline is a young French character from a book of the same name, which was made into a movie.

I prefer the pronunciation Mad-e-LINE or Mad-e-LYN. However I think the abbreviation Maddy or Maddie is untasteful and nowhere near as nice as Madeleine.

As the website says, I would pronounce it the French way ma-de-LEN.

Madeleine is best just kept as Madeleine. Not Maddy, Maddie or Mads.

In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Fall of the House of Usher", Madeleine Usher is buried alive with her brother's knowledge but escapes the grave only to die in his arms.

Madeleine is really really classy, unlike the ugly Madisons you get today. Madison is more of a boy's name.

Jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux is a famous bearer.

A famous bearer is Madeleine Morrison - daughter of Keith Morrison, NBC newscaster and sister of Matthew Perry.

This is a nice name, but people probably don't use it at the moment for an obvious reason.

Is it because of Madeleine McCann?

Yes it is because of the missing girl, but everyone seems to have forgotten her anyway.

Please don't say that you shouldn't shorten the name Madeleine to Maddie or whatever and it's not as nice because it is. Being called Madeleine all the time makes me feel weird and people can't be bothered to call you Madeleine and will call you Maddie anyway.

I think it looks much prettier without the second e, as in Madeline.

Madeleine is a song by Jacques Brel. Madeleine is a lover who never shows up and is said to be too good for the protagonist but he still continues to wait for her every week.

Madeleine is a beautiful name. My daughter is named Madeleine Ruth (pronounced -line not -lyn) but we call her Minnie for short, I am not too keen on overused Maddie.

I love this name, if I have a another daughter her name will be Madeleine, it is a pretty name and classy too.

Madeleine was the name of a young woman that Claudia made Louis turn into a vampire in Anne Rice's "Interview With The Vampire".

Madeleine is a small plain sponge cake, sometimes coated with jam and rolled in coconut, topped with a glacé cherry. It was probably named for a 19th-century French pastry cook named Madeleine Paulmier. However, conflicting reports say that Madeleine Paulmier was an 18th-century cook for Stanisław Leszczyński, whose son-in-law, Louis XV of France, named them for her. The cakes are remembered for their association with the Marcel Proust novel 'À la recherche du temps perdu.'

To me, this name just sounds hopelessly elitist and stuck up, or just plain pretentious and somehow over-the-top. It's like the name of the parents' little princess.

I love the French spelling. Our first daughter is Madeleine Grace. Heaven forbid, we do call her Maddie, much to the dismay of many on this board. But it's perfect for her. She may very well choose to be Madeleine as she grows up, but she loves her name.

Generally pronounced mad-len in France, although older people may pronounce it mah-duh-len.

I LOVE this name. Definitely on the top of my list of girl names. Lovely.

I love the name Madeleine! It strikes me as very elegant but not too powerful for a little girl. I think it's lovely paired with Elisabeth. I don't mind the nickname Maddie but I'd hate to have people assume that her name is Madison, which is not nearly as good a name as this!

The name of my sister is Madeleine. In Dutch it is pronounced as mah-duh-lyn-uh. I usually call her Leintje (lyntjuh).

I really like this name, sounds very royal-like. An alternative spelling, which I like better than this one, is "Madelene" or simply how it's pronounced in Sweden "Madelen".

Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland (Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine; born 10 June 1982) is the youngest child and second daughter of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.

I really like this name, I was in Paris this summer and there is a metro station called "Madeleine", my boyfriend and I agreed to call our first daughter this.

My name is Madeleine. I love it. My friends call me Maddie, but my entire family calls me by my full name. I love being called this, I think it's really pretty! All my teachers end up calling me Maddie even if I don't ask them to, which is annoying, but they do it anyway. I pronounce it Mad-el-in with a short I. For the long I, you are talking about the name Madeline.

This is SUCH a pretty name! So classic and beautiful. I don't like the name Maddy at ALL! I don't like Maddy, if she needed a nickname I'd shorten it to ADDY. When I hear this name I think of an adorable little girl or a beautiful adult.

It's so gorgeous, regal, and beautiful. I would venture to say this is the most beautiful girl's name ever.

Madeleine McCann, that adorable little girl who went missing. It's unfortunate people are so evil.

This name is just gorgeous, and if I ever have a daughter I will name her Madeleine. I'd rather use the full name, but I think Millie would be a better nickname than Maddie, it just sounds more classy in a way.

My daughter is Madeleine, pronounced ma-de-LEN. It annoys me when she gets the Madeline books for presents - Madeline is an English girl living in Paris who pronounces her name ma de LINE. As in rhymes with "12 little girls in a straight LINE, the youngest one was MadeLINE".

Equally annoying are the atrocious misspellings of the name - Madalyn, Madilin, Madelin, Madalinn, Madilynn, Madylynn. Learn to spell.

Madeleine is such a lovely, sophisticated name. Spellings like Maddilynn are not. Why do such a thing when you can have a beautiful, respectable name with the same pronunciation?

My name is Madeleine, and heaven forbid, many of my friends call me Maddie. My mother doesn't like it, but they do it because they know I like it. I'm not a huge fan of this name, purely because it's just not very me, if you know what I mean. But it is a very pretty name.

I don't usually like names that are associated with food, but I make an exception for Madeleine, because it's a food with literary associations, and besides it's such a pretty name.

I like the spelling of Madeleine much better than Madeline. Apparently the year I was born, Madeleine & variations were considered extremely stylish names. Although it's a nice name, I'm glad my parents decided to name me something else less common (I've met about 4 Madeleines now).

My name is Madeleine, and it's actually pronounced mad-eh-LAYNE. This is not simply a family decision, but is due to the spelling of the name. Notice that the letters "lei" exist, and this is pronounced LAY.

Madeleine is a classic name. Most nicknames are more or less a lazy way of referring to someone. As for Matty, Maddie, Madde, etc, it makes me think of a long haired dog with tangled fur. I recommend staying with Madeleine.

There was also a cartoon character in the early 1990's named Madeline who was an orphan in France. I feel like the spelling was altered to suit American tastes at the time.

I know a rather ditzy girl named Madeleine. She pronounces it mad-el-AYN, which I'm sure is not correct anywhere/is kre8iv. I like it pronounced mad-LEN, or, if one plans on never leaving the US or encountering someone with any connections to another country, then MAD-uh-lien would be my 2nd favorite pronunciation.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) was a famous American author.

My absolute favorite girls' name. My choice for my first daughter. Madeleine has everything I love in a name. I am a stickler for traditional spellings and, despite common confusions, this is the authentic French spelling of the name. In France, it would be pronounced Mad-len, but in modern day US it would be pronounced no differently than Madelyn (that is, Mad-e-len). Madeleine is heaps classier than even the more mainstream spelling Madeline because it carries the French pedigree. To me, this is a soft, yet important, regal sounding girls' name. It calls to mind a European princess, such as Princess Madeleine of Sweden.

Madeleine Astor was the wife of millionaire John Jacob Astor IV. The two were first-class passengers on the RMS Titanic. Madeleine, who was pregnant at the time, survived the sinking. Her husband didn't make it, though.

Madeleine of Valois (1520-1537), daughter of King Francis I of France and his wife Claude of Brittany. She was married to James V of Scotland, but died age 16.

Madeleine was the youngest daughter of King Charles VII of France and his wife Maria of Anjou.

I love this name. Though Maddie is overused I love the option of Maisie as a nickname, not related I know, but Margaret is really old fashioned and one of my least favourite girls names but I love the nickname Maisie and I think it works for Madeleine.

One of my favorites, much classier than Madelyn, but the pronunciation is what kills me. I like "mad-a-lyn" and I think that's correct, but for some reason it just doesn't look like that's how you'd say it. I'd always be worried someone would say mad-a-line or mad-a-lane, which sounds really long to me. Since I hate the nickname Maddie, I'd probably go with Addie as a more unique option.

Looove this name! One of my favorite M names. I'd definitely name my daughter this, but I'd call her Addie or Linnie instead of Maddie if I wanted to use a nickname, although I really like Madeleine (mad-a-len) by itself :)

Could Della work as a nickname?

Another dictionary definition of "Madeleine" is something that triggers memories or nostalgia. The perfect meaning in my opinion!