What do you think about Madyn Kay?

nkscott08 · July 2010

We were not going to think about names until I found out if it was a boy or girl, until one day I met a mom who said if they had a boy it was going to be Madden. Then they had a girl. The name totally stuck with me when I wasn't even trying to think of names. Then we found out we were having a girl and my sis said she liked it for a girl better spelled Madyn.

I definitely have been looking for a more unique name, and thought this fit unique but not totally out there since it is similar to Madaline, Madison, MAddy etc...

Just wanted opinions and curious if anyone has used it as well?

Manderlin923 · July 2010

If you are going to use it, OWN IT and spell it correctly. If you want a name that "looks girly" then pick a girls name, don't try to butcher the spelling with a random Y. Just my two cents

Madden Kay = NMS at all in a million years, but at least it's better than Madyn

karrizma · July 2010

brookelynpaisley · July 2010

I don't like it. It looks made up. If you're going to use Madden, then fine, but I don't think it's pretty for a girl.

honkytonk_kid · July 2010

Manderlin923:
If you are going to use it, OWN IT and spell it correctly. If you want a name that "looks girly" then pick a girls name, don't try to butcher the spelling with a random Y. Just my two cents
Madden Kay = NMS at all in a million years, but at least it's better than Madyn

Exactly this.

CelticWife · July 2010

Like the pps, I think that if you are going to use the name it should be spelled properly; Madden. Madyn looks made up to me. Feminizing the spelling does not feminize the name.

In any case, it is really NMS. I don't like boy names for girls, even if the name has switched over in the last century (like Whitney, Ashley, Madison, etc.).

carlatron · July 2010

Manderlin923:
If you are going to use it, OWN IT and spell it correctly. If you want a name that "looks girly" then pick a girls name, don't try to butcher the spelling with a random Y. Just my two cents
Madden Kay = NMS at all in a million years, but at least it's better than Madyn

This.

BlindysWife · July 2010

Manderlin923:

If you are going to use it, OWN IT and spell it correctly. If you want a name that "looks girly" then pick a girls name, don't try to butcher the spelling with a random Y. Just my two cents

Madden Kay = NMS at all in a million years, but at least it's better than Madyn

Ditto every single word of this.

GideonsMom · July 2010

I really dislike that for a girl.

KatieintheCity · July 2010

I would pronounce Madden and Madyn differently. Madden = Mad-den and Madyn = Made-in.

I also dislike the idea that changing a vowel to a "y" makes it more "girly". It really just makes it look/sound weird. If you like Madden then spell it Madden. Personally I wouldn't use it for a girl OR a boy because it makes me think of the football player and we aren't really football people...

kle+spd · July 2010

Ditto to all above...

AND Madyn looks like you forgot the "a" and "l" and she will probably be called, "Madalyn" anyways.....

alohamora · July 2010

Manderlin923:
If you are going to use it, OWN IT and spell it correctly. If you want a name that "looks girly" then pick a girls name, don't try to butcher the spelling with a random Y. Just my two cents
Madden Kay = NMS at all in a million years, but at least it's better than Madyn

Ditto also.

Jessynlove · July 2010

goodness that name didnt go over well.

but...if u love the name madden, use it as a nickname for

madeline (sp) etc.

MrsP7309 · July 2010

I really don't like it.

MrsSparklesMcGee · July 2010

kle+spd:

Ditto to all above...

AND Madyn looks like you forgot the "a" and "l" and she will probably be called, "Madalyn" anyways.....

Exactly what I was thinking...

renafaith · July 2010

Ditto to everything.

And especially that the name will get mispronounced anyway. It should've told you something when the girl said she would name her SON that.

HappyMrsK · July 2010

I think Madden is fine for a girl, but I like it spelled Madden. It's also the last name of a famous football announcer and video game named after him, so FYI.

I agree with a pp that Madyn might be pronounced "Made-in"

strangebird · July 2010

You know, when I first read this, I thought you were trying to spell Maiden. So, clearly, your alternate spelling isn't even very effective.

rider5344 · July 2010

My cats are Elway and Polamalu....How about one of them instead for your lo ?!

Allie30 · July 2010

I also read Madyn as being pronounced like Maiden.

However, I think it would be a cute nickname for a girl named Madeline or Madelyn or etc.

jessicadw · July 2010

I wouldn't mind it for a girl if there wasn't such a huge sports reference with the video game and everything. And I agree 100% with pps that you should spell it Madden. There's no reason to make up a spelling if you're going to use a boy's name for a girl.

qtsreign · July 2010

Yeahh, no.

mchupie · July 2010

I'm sorry I really don't like it at all

stgn01 · July 2010

Not a fan.

Lynzk05 · July 2010

I really like it, and I like it spelled either way. I don't understand how people think it will be pronounced Made-in. If you really like it, use it. You are asking the opinion of people that notoriously hate it when people spell things "nontraditionally", of course they are going to hate it.

sunnyday016 · July 2010

Lynzk05:
I really like it, and I like it spelled either way. I don't understand how people think it will be pronounced Made-in. If you really like it, use it. You are asking the opinion of people that notoriously hate it when people spell things "nontraditionally", of course they are going to hate it.

How do you not understand why people would mispronounce it? I have seen the names Kadyn, Jadyn, and Padyn. Why would Madyn be pronounced any differently?

OP-it's awful. Please don't do it.

jez_girl · July 2010

sunnyday016:

How do you not understand why people would mispronounce it? I have seen the names Kadyn, Jadyn, and Padyn. Why would Madyn be pronounced any differently?

OP-it's awful. Please don't do it.

I totally agree.

hawaiibride04 · July 2010

When I first glanced at this post, I thought you had misspelled Madelyn or something similar. Madyn just looks and sounds incomplete. I really don't like it.

mle929 · July 2010

Sorry. It just makes me think of Steve Madden shoes and anger (mad).

macchiatto · July 2010

Agreed that it looks made-up and incomplete.
And to the pp who didn't understand why it would be pronounced like "Madyn," since it's made-up, people are likely to try to follow general spelling rules. A vowel before a single consonant is usually pronounced with the long vowel sound. Sure there are exceptions but when a spelling is made up, it makes sense to guess the default first.

Allie30 · July 2010

How do you not understand why people would mispronounce it? I have seen the names Kadyn, Jadyn, and Padyn. Why would Madyn be pronounced any differently?

This. It looks like Jaden and all the rest of those knockoffs. So my mind goes to "Maiden."

Strunella · July 2010

KatieintheCity:

I would pronounce Madden and Madyn differently. Madden = Mad-den and Madyn = Made-in.

This.

Smores730 · July 2010

Well, I don't think it's bad! I guess I've seen so much worse that it doesn't bother me. Even though I see how people would have said Maiden from all the -aiden trend, I still read it as Madden. I guess the other alternative would be Maddyn.

goobersgirl9 · July 2010

I love it! When I first saw it I didnt read it as Made-in. I read it as Madden. I like the spelling with the "y" to make it more girly. If you like it, go for it! Smile

gotchagomo · July 2010

And yet ANOTHER entry into the "Random Y" Hall of Shame!

Nodumbnames · August 2010

It's ***.

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