Is this a "legit" spelling for the name Madeline/Madeleine?

ChelseaCC · May 2011

My friend and I are having a debate, lol. Do you think this is a legit spelling for the name Madeline/Madeleine...

Madailein

PeridotEyes · May 2011

Good god NO!!!

Madeleine is our choice for #2 so I've been looking at it for some time.

EastCoastBride · May 2011

I think that's absolutely horrid.

alehayes · May 2011

Definitely not.

lvisser · May 2011

Heck no!

TyrinM03 · May 2011

Nope.

starlight8323 · May 2011

ChelseaCC:
Do you think this is a legit spelling for the name Madeline/Madeleine... Madailein

This is not a matter of opinion. Madailein is absolutely NOT a legitimate spelling.

Now, some people may be brave enough to step in here, and tell you that spelling is subjective (eventhough it isn't). But even those people know that there is a difference between traditional spellings, and creativity. And what you have there would not even be pronounced the same. It would be muh-DAY-leen. Ick!

SpruceGrouse · May 2011

All I see is a Mad Alien.

katcarls · May 2011

Absolutely not.

Emiliana7 · May 2011

mj.reilly:

It is a legit name. Just different country of origin. I would not really say it is a legit spelling of Madeline though?as in the sense that Madeline and Madeleine are.

It is Irish ? derived from the same name as Madeline ? Magdalene:

Madail?in is mad-a-lane.

MADAIL?IN

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Irish

Irish form of MAGDALENE

MADELINE

Gender: Feminine

Usage: English, French

Pronounced: MAD-?-lin (English), MAD-?-lien (English), ma-d?-LEEN (French), mad-LEEN (French) [key]

English form of MAGDALENE. This is the name of the heroine in a series of children's books by Ludwig Bemelmans, first published 1939.

I think the accent mark is what makes it legit vs. without being not legit. Plus I would also step out of my bounds and say unless you live in Ireland I wouldn't use that spelling.

starlight8323 · May 2011

mj.reilly:
It is a legit name. Just different country of origin. I would not really say it is a legit spelling of Madeline though?as in the sense that Madeline and Madeleine are.

So, it would be like saying that Pierre is a legitimate spelling for Pedro.

Pierre and Pedro are both forms of Peter, but they are not the same name.

ellewoodsSC · May 2011

Not at all! I really like the name. If it wasn't for DH, it would be LO's name.

keado · May 2011

No, sorry. Lovely name though.

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Miche78 · May 2011

That is a terrible spelling of such a classic name. My neice (17yrs old) is Madeline, I asked her how she'd feeling with that spelling and she said it would be a nightmare, people are already horrible enough attempting to spell her name as is.