Aidan, Madiken, Bethel

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

I was flipping through the channels earlier this evening and I came across a program with a girl called Aidan. Now, I don't really like the name itself but I think I like it better on girls than on boys. 

A girl in my niece's dance class is called Madiken (pn Mah Dee Kuhn), it's German I think.

Also, my mother's name is Bethel. I know it's unusual but to me it's normal. How do you feel about her name?

Comments

[taillow.livejournal.com]

I was just about to post about the "madchen" thing.

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

Madiken is a name, come to think of it, maybe it's Swedish. It has nothing to do with 'Mädchen'.

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

I don't know what it is. It looks Scandanavian-like. Anyway, all I really know is that her name is Madiken.

[djador.livejournal.com]

Madiken kind of makes me laugh because where I live the word/sound (because it's really not a word) KUN is pretty much the equivalent of 'just kidding' and Madiken ending with the sound -Kuhn makes me think that someone almost named their daughter Madison but they were just kidding so...Madi-KUN.

I know a baby girl named Aidan. I think it's a fairly masculine name. I know for me I wouldn't want to be one of the 10 boys in my class named Aidan but even more that that I wouldn't want to be the 1 girl with that name amongst all 10 boys with it.

[politicking.livejournal.com]

lol "i want to name her Madison... just kidding! Madiken!" haha.

[bohemianvegan.livejournal.com]

There is a Bethel in Vermont. It's OK as a name. I am used to Bethany which is another name of a biblical city.
I think Aidan is better for a boy. I like Adrienne for a girl.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

I like Bethel a lot. I really like the name Bethlehem, but I would probably never use it.

[luxury-bus.livejournal.com]

Madiken reminds me of Madigan...

And I know of a Bethel College... but if I didn't know about the college, it's an okay name. =]

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I only know it spelled Madicken, which is from an Astrid Lindgren novel, like someone already said. It's an alright name, I guess.
Since Aidan is such a popular boy's name, I can hardly see it on a girl...but there are worse names for girls out there.
I don't like Bethel at all.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I don't really like Bethel, but that may mostly be because it's the name of a very small and very redneck town not far from where I live. Trying to put that association aside, I still don't think I'd like it much. I love Beth, though.