Madeleine?

[mummyof2boys.]

I think everything you have said is correct! Madelaine is a lovely name! x

 

[AnnabelsMummy]

i think it's a beautiful name, and that's what i'm calling my little girlie!! although mine's gunna be madeline (after the 1950's book and the 1990's film) but even though mine's said slightly differently i had one person who said "you don't wanna be taking her to portugal then".. which to be honest wasn't funny..

it's a pretty name and if everyone went on these things there would be no names we could use.. loads of people are called james (but he was a young boy who was tortured, nobody brings that up) or what about holly and jessica (the girls who were killed by ian huntley) - i don't mean to bring it up, but they went missing too...
it could get really silly, it's a name, and it should be assosciated with your little girly not with the girl who went missing!
xxxx

 

[despereaux]

pretty name

 

[n14boo]

Sorry to be the one to rain on your parade!!!

Me and hubby loved this name but every time I say it I am reminded of that poor wee girl. I mentioned it to a couple of people and they were exactly the same.

A few friends said it would be bad luck, now I don't believe in that but it did put something in my mind and I just couldn;t call my daughter it now.

I thought of just Maddie or Madison but in the end we have gone for something completely different

xxx

 

[trumpetbum]

I think it is a lovely name and although it is obviously reminiscent of that poor girl, it isn't the sole or even primary connotation for me. When I think of the name Madeleine I think of the little girl in the Ludwig Bemelman books that my girls loved when they were little. I would use it and buy her a little box set of the books

 

[princess_bump]

Obviously i adore the name Our Maddi was conceived in 2007, so we thought alot about the poor McCanns, which is why we decided on a different spelling.
though i don't believe it should put you off using the name you love, it's just so sad to think about what happened to Maddie McCann

 

[rainbows_x]

Madeline is a lovely name, don't let other people tell you not to use it

 

[lovetaralyn]

I think that's a beautiful I'm actually naming my girl Madilyn

 

[kwce]

I love it! It reminds me of those books :]

 

[SIEGAL]

thats my best friends name we call her maddie. love it!

 

[WhiteGeisha]

Sorry to be the one to rain on your parade!!!

Me and hubby loved this name but every time I say it I am reminded of that poor wee girl. I mentioned it to a couple of people and they were exactly the same.

A few friends said it would be bad luck, now I don't believe in that but it did put something in my mind and I just couldn;t call my daughter it now.

I thought of just Maddie or Madison but in the end we have gone for something completely different

xxx

I agree, I used to love the name but for me all I can think of is Maddie McCann.

x

 

[chelle7]

I think Madeline is a lovely name- it is on our list too