Madelyn or Madeline

morganaday

https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi

 This site has Madelyn one spot ahead of Madeline...which do you prefer?  Would you pronounce Madeline as mad-a-lin?  Thanks for your thoughts!

WaterLiIy

Of these two, Madeline.

I prefer Madeleine though. 

morganaday

I agree...would you still pronounce Madeleine as Mad-a-lin? I see it as Mad-a-LINE

jhjohnson

Madelyn! I love it spelled this way! I think it's unique but still not strange

Keri Marie

Madeline please

alehayes

Definitely Madeline over Madelyn.  I pronounce it -line though.  For the -lin pronunciation, I prefer Madeleine.

Allie30

A friend of mine named her daughter Madelyn, and when I asked her why she said to make absolutely sure no one pronounced it Mad-uh-LINE. When she saw the SSA list today she pronounced the two names differently.

I personally think Madeleine is the prettiest (and nicer than either), but I do see my friend's point about pronunciation.

MOMMYINNY

jhjohnson:

Madelyn! I love it spelled this way! I think it's unique but still not strange

cmw&tdm

I prefer Madeleine or Madeline.

Ginkeez

My niece's name is Madeline, as in Mada-lynn, and I don't know how it ever got to be that way.  Madelyn and Madeleine are the traditional spellings for the lynn sound.  It was the current trend of putting the random "y" in the middle of the name that turned my SIL away from the traditional spelling, which my brother actually wanted.  It's too bade.  Madeline is a -line name (though they are related), and now the two are being confused. 

 

LMS05

I'd go with Madelyn just so you avoid the -line pronunciation. 

TanyaKM

morganaday:

I agree...would you still pronounce Madeleine as Mad-a-lin? I see it as Mad-a-LINE

I do too... whereas I think Mad-a-lynn for Madelyn. That is how my grandmother spells her name, so that's my favorite. I also like the -lynn pronunciation better than -line. 

pinkflipflops44

no y's needed

Kitty Holland

Allie30:

A friend of mine named her daughter Madelyn, and when I asked her why she said to make absolutely sure no one pronounced it Mad-uh-LINE. When she saw the SSA list today she pronounced the two names differently.

This. I think they are pronounced differently depending on how they are spelled - maybe not officially or in French, but that's the difference I see.

BrandiGreen

I definitely prefer Madeline.

balihaigirl

Madeline

teachergal05

I much prefer Madeline.