Spelling for Mad-a-lynn

dana9318 · May 2018

If we have a daughter, we are thinking of naming her Mad-a-lynn. I don't want to spell it Madeline and have people call her Mad-a-line. How would you spell it?

holli0801 · May 2018

I would pronounce Madeline or Madelyn mad-uh-Lynn... I prefer Madeline

mb0112 · May 2018

Madilyn would avoid the pronunciation confusion. I prefer the spelling and pronunciation Madeline

Bringmemylongswordho · May 2018

Madelyn, madalyn, Madeline, maddilynnn, Maddaline, Malady, etc. Will all more or less give you the same pronounciation and mispronounciations.

At this point Lynn is the more common.

catem07 · May 2018

Madelyn. Anything that ends in -line I would pronounce line.

Señorita · May 2018

My daughter's name is spelled Madeleine after the traditional French spelling and we pronounce it with the -lyn ending. I would say ninety percent of the time people pronounce her name correctly when reading it for the first time.

DanyTargaryen · May 2018

My cousin is Madeline with your preferred pronunciation. As far as I know she has no issues other than maybe an initial correction when she meets people. I feel like this is one of those names where you may have to correct some people no matter which spelling you go with.

cantrellja · May 2018

I prefer the sp Madeleine. It is the French spelling and is never pronounced "line".

virginiaunicorn11 · May 2018

Madelyn

DanyTargaryen · May 2018

cantrellja said:

I prefer the sp Madeleine. It is the French spelling and is never pronounced "line".

Before this thread, as someone with limited knowledge of French names, I would have been much more likely to pronounce this spelling as "--line".

cantrellja · May 2018

cantrellja said:
I prefer the sp Madeleine. It is the French spelling and is never pronounced "line".

DanyTargaryen said;
Before this thread, as someone with limited knowledge of French names, I would have been much more likely to pronounce this spelling as "--line".

Wow. I can't even imagine that. It seems so obvious to me.

nackie · May 2018

@cantrellja I took French for three years, so I’m familiar with French pronunciation, but without that I absolutely would pronounce it phoneticly and say “line”. I suspect that’s true of the vast majority of Americans

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