Maddie

I love this name! I actually have a cousin named Maddison, and we call her Maddie. Maddie is a great nickname for names like Madison/Maddison or Madeline/Madelynn. It's a great name for dogs as well, my friend has a dog named Maddie!💕.

I love this name! It is my nickname for Madeleine. For the most part, Maddie has always been a nickname for other baby names, like Madeline or Madison. However, many new parents are choosing to use it as a given name on its own. It's cute, sweet, fun and full of personality. I see so many hateful comments about this name calling it a spoiled childish name, but it really isn't. There is nothing bratty about this name unless you pair it with a bratty girl.

I think it's a spectacular name! I love it. Sounds super sweet.

Then as a full name, it's got the beginning word of mad- is for madness or madly to me. Sorry.

It's alright as a nickname for Madeline or Madeleine only.

Maddie is wonderful as a nickname for Madelyn or Madison. Madeline and Madeleine are also okay, but I prefer Madelyn and Madison. I would recommend it!

You guys are a bunch of haters! I see absolutely nothing wrong with this name. I don’t know what you guys see, but this is a beautiful name and everyone should know it!

Madison and Madeline, Madeleine are nice. But I don't like Maddie. It feels 90s dated and tired and way too immature.

I agree that the aforementioned name is childish, so I advise to use it as a nickname for Madeline.

Cute.

It's alright as a nickname for Mad(d)ison and Madel(e)ine, but too childish as a legal name.

I hate this name. First of all it is terrible for a grown up and really anyone. If I hear someone say the name "Maddie" one more freaking time, I will burn my head off.

Sweet nickname for Madison!

This name is cute. I would use it as a nickname for Madeleine but I’ve met a lot of Maddie’s with different personalities so I guess that doesn’t throw me off the name that much.

Cute nickname for Madison. I don't get why so many people dislike this name.

Mad die.

Maddie is a nickname. I don't like it as a given name, but I guess it isn't the worst. I don't know, I like this as a nickname for Madeline.

I honestly don’t think Maddie is a bad name. But go with Madeline and then use the nickname Maddie.

Nope! I despise it.

Hello, I will be writing down my personal feelings about the name “Maddie”. If you are offended easily (which is almost everyone on this site!) then I’d recommend not reading. Anyway - This is one of those names that I hate with a burning passion. It’s ugly, trashy, and childish. Even Madison is better than this atrocious mess. If your name is Maddie, then I am so sorry, you deserve so much better. Especially If you don’t have a more mature name like Madeleine to fall back on when you’re older. Very unfortunate if you ask me.

Addie is cuter.

Way too overused, and it sounds childish as an actual first name. It also makes me think of bratty, stuck-up middle school girls.

My name is Madeline and everyone calls me Maddie. I really like it. I don’t like Madeline and I always wish my name is Madison. Maddie is nice even if it sounds like someone who’s mad.

This nickname is extremely common. I hear Maddies being called everywhere by parents and friends, and almost every name I hear is Maddie. It’s crazy! It's a cute nickname, just very overused.

I picture a spoiled brat with this name.

My girlfriend's name is Madeline, and I call her Maddie as a nickname. I've always thought of Madeline as a beautiful, intelligent name and Maddie as a nerdy and adorable nickname, even before I met my girlfriend. All I have is good associations with these names, so I like them.

My name is Maddison AKA Maddie. Personally I think it’s a great name and my friends have always called me Maddie. I don’t see what you all have against it.

My name is Madisen and my nickname is Maddie and I found out that Madisen means son of Matthew, and Matthew means gift of God so anyone who's name is Madisen or Madison who cares, is a gift of God,

My friend's legal name is Maddie and we both find it quite annoying when people immediately think the name is just a nickname or shortage of the name Madeline. I've also met many other people with the name but with different spellings like 'Maddy' or 'Maddi'.

Reminds me of that awful show Liv and Maddie and annoying girls.

Really, really hate this nickname, mainly because all the Madisons I've met have used this nickname and they were all some of the most irritating people I've ever met. I don't like the name Madison at all, but if you're going to use a nickname for Madeline or Madalena or something, might I suggest Lyn or Lena?

I've loved the name Maddie for a long time but after a while is gets kind of annoying because it's used a lot. But I think most Maddies have good talents.

It's cute, but too common.

If short for Madeline, I'd spell it Madie because then it's all composed of letters from Madeline in the number and order they appear in in Madeline.

The legal name Maddie was given to 188 baby girls born in the US in 2012.

Yeah, not a big fan on Maddie/Maddy (or those god awful "kreeativ" spellings like madi or maddi that ten year old girls make up for themselves) because if you think about it, how many people over the age of sixteen use this name? I love Madeline/Madeleine, but I would never use Maddie as a nickname because people might assume her name is Madison, which I loathe! I prefer Addie, Ellie, or Linnie as a nickname instead, Maddie doesn't even sound sweet or cute, and will become dated, just as Madison will, when she is a forty year old and the only options she has are Madison or Maddie.

I love this name! Plus is the name of my favorite person Maddie Ziegler!

Your child will be mad.

Very, very, very, very, very very, very, very BORED with the entire Maddie thing.

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It sounds like it's short for Mad Hatter anyway.

I really don't like this nickname, but I guess it's tolerable if it's for Madeline.

I hate the trendiness and overuse of this unflattering-sounding nickname. It makes the overused Madison ever worse. Maddie sounds like a name for someone who's mad all of the time. This name has also always made me think of a Blue Meanie from the Yellow Submarine movie.

I'm 13 and my name is Madlyn and I spell my nickname as Mady. I like it because it's short and to the point but Maddie is a good spelling too.

I don't like this name. It brings to mind someone who's mad all the time.

I only like this as a nickname for Madeline.

This is the nickname of a friend of mine, Maddie. It's short for Madeline, and whilst I think that it's okay for Madison as well, it suits them both equally.

This is a good nickname for someone who is mad all the time.

I usually dislike nicknames, however Maddie is one I am fond of.

My nickname has now changed spelling again back to Madi. I prefer it to Maddie, because I just like the spelling. Short, quick and easy. Plus it sort-of shuts those Anti-Madison people up. And I always kinda wanted a four letter name.

My name's Madison, and I use this for my nickname. I used to like Madi for my nickname, but my friend recently tagged Maddie on me and I definitely like it better. Now, all my friends call me that.

I like this as a nickname, but for Maddison.

I've known about seven Madeline's and three Madison's and only three out of the ten used the nickname Maddie. Actually, one of the Madison's used Maddi. For some reason, I find the nickname a bit annoying.