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[cathubodva.livejournal.com]

When you see the name Madeleine (spelled that way), how do you pronounce it?


I want to name my future daughter Madeleine. I also really want it to be pronounced like the "in" in "violin," not like "line." The obvious solution to make it pronounced correctly as frequently as possible is to spell it Madelyn, but I hate that spelling. Do you think spelling it Madeleine will make it obvious that we're not going for Madeline?

Edit: I don't think I quite described it properly when I wrote this in the first place. I'm not looking for "lynn" so I guess "violin" wasn't the best word to choose. =D It really is more of a "len" sound I want, though I don't mind "lynn" either. I just don't care for the long "i" of "line."

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[plaidpineapple.livejournal.com]

I don't know why, but when I see Madeleine, I think Mad-eh-lane.

[rockstargrrrlie.livejournal.com]

Same. I don't know why either. I know that it's generally Mad-eh-lyn, but the "leine" makes me think "lane."

[mountain-nest.livejournal.com]

ditto. en francais

[icebyrd67.livejournal.com]

I say "mad-de-lynn" the way you want it

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i think youre more likely to get the lynn pronunciation with the leine ending, but in the u.s. (i am just assuming thats where you are, correct me if i am wrong) you are likely to get the lynn pronunciation with any ending. i have very rarely heard anyone called mad-uh-line here in the united states.

[coolteamblt.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I say it MAD-ul-line. If it's Madeline, I'd say it either way. If it's Madelin, I definitely say it MAD-uh-lynn.

[scottish-diva.livejournal.com]

"Mad-a-lin".

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it Mad-eh-line, like the little red haired French girl!

[cathubodva.livejournal.com]

That's what I'm worried about - she's a Madeline, though! And actually, in French, it would usually be pronounced Mad-eh-leen.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

My cousin is Madeline, but pronounced like Madelyn.

[cathubodva.livejournal.com]

So if you see it spelled as Madeleine you think Mad-eh-line like in the storybook (where it is spelled Madeline), but your cousin's name is Madeline (like in the storybook) but pronounced Madelyn?

I just want to make sure I'm understanding, I got confused for a second. =D

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

Lol sorry, when I see Madeleine...I think of it prn like 'Line'.

I don't think there would be too much of a problem with people mixing up the pronunciation, because at least where i am from, the 'line' way of saying it no where near as common.

When I see the name Madeline these days, i just automatically assume it would be prn the 'lyn' way.

[cathubodva.livejournal.com]

Or that's what my French Canadian friends tell me, anyway. I suppose it might be different in France!

[nothingbuthp.livejournal.com]

Since that's my name in French class, my teacher pronounces it "Mad-uh-len", but I say "Mad-uh-lin."

[omfg----hxc.livejournal.com]

Mad-uh-line.

[aballard23.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it Mad-uh-line lol.

I personally think it sounds a lot better with that pronunciation.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I definitly still thought Mad-eh-line.

[lovablemess.livejournal.com]

That spelling to me is Mad-ah-lane. And Madeline is Mad-ah-line. Madelyn is Mad-ah-lyn.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

I'd be more likely to say "line" with that spelling, because I'd feel like the parents went that extra little mile to make sure it was mad-uh-line.

Generally, when I see Madeline I just say Madelyn. I don't know anyone who goes by Mad-uh-line.

[rowan-belle.livejournal.com]

I say it like Mad-uh-line.

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

MAD-uh-lenn

I pronounce Madelyn like violin and Madeline like "line".

[cathblue7.livejournal.com]

Ditto!

[tryyingtoevolve.livejournal.com]

I say it as Mad-uh-len.

[ifancylust.livejournal.com]

i pronounce it mad-uh-linn.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

MAD-uh-len/the way you want it to be pronounced. Don't mispell it for pronounciation, because Madeleine is pronounced MAD-uh-len.

[cathubodva.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think violin was probably not the best word to go with, because I really am thinking of more of a "len" sound than a "lynn" sound.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it was a better comparison than the people who talk about Mad-e-lines (like fishing line or leen?) and -lyns (again, lynn or lien) instead of the -lens and -liens.

But the name is thrashed, it truly is. At least go for the more youthful nickname Lena/Lainey instead of Maddie, if you decide on it.

[cathubodva.livejournal.com]

We don't like the nickname Maddie, but we're still trying to decide which of the other possible nicknames we like.

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

So, other than Maddie, there are:

Della
Lena
Lainey

But I can't think of any others. :/

Which ones do you both like at the moment?

[cathubodva.livejournal.com]

Mostly Lena, Lainey, Linnie (I'm on the fence about this one).

[idrinkacidrain.livejournal.com]

You'd have a fantastically nicknamed Madeleine on your hands, then. c:

Are you contemplating middle names yet?

[cathubodva.livejournal.com]

Oh, this is going to be a very long comment!

We've got a few but we can't decide which one we like best. =D Last name is Thompson, just to give you an idea of how they'll sound.

-Rose or Grace just because we like them (I think Rose flows better than Grace).
-Elizabeth as it was my grandmother's middle name, or Patricia because it is my other grandmother's name (again, Patricia doesn't flow quite as well but my husband doesn't care for it as a first name and I really want to use it somewhere).
-Husband likes "Jo," which is my middle name and a family name on my side (bit of a long story: my father's sister, whose name was Constance Jo, died tragically when she was in her teens - and so my father and each of his siblings who have a daughter worked Constance or Jo into at least one child's name; I've got an entire generation of cousins with variations on it as first or middle names), but again I really don't think it flows.


We have also taken into consideration the fact that any children we have will be adopted, and we're probably adopting internationally. So, depending on circumstances and the country we adopt from, it is also possible we would use an ethnic name for a middle name - and obviously at this point we can't really plan on those since we don't know what country it'll end up being. =D

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

Depending on where you live, you might want to watch that. New York is not an issue, I'm sure. But I know a Floridian accent often pronounces short i and short e the same.

[cathubodva.livejournal.com]

And really, I don't mind it pronounced either way. It's the long "i" of "line" that I want to avoid.

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

I pronounce them all differently.

Madeleine is Mad-uh-len
Madelyn is Mad-uh-lin
Madeline is Mad-uh-line.

[lovebird.livejournal.com]

I'd want to say it with a line ending spelled like that. She'll still get it either way. Mine's spelled with a y and I still get 'line' sometimes. To throw another option out there mine is spelled Madalyn.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

I say Madeleine mad-el-EYEN

[dustkitty.livejournal.com]

Madeleine makes me think mad-eh-layn or mad-eh-line. Madeline makes me thing mad-eh-lyn or mad-eh-len. Other spellings make me cringe. I love the name, though.

[lilacmermaid.livejournal.com]

My first instinct is definitely to pronounce the final syllable as -len when it's spelled Madeleine. Or close to -len, like you're saying. It only becomes -lynn for me if it's spelled Madelyn or something similar. And it only becomes -line if it's spelled Madeline.

[wolf-shadow.livejournal.com]

Mad eh len or Mad eh lane, or Mad uh ln if saying it fast :D

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

When I see that spelling, I assume the "lin/len" ending is indicated.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it like you want it to be pronounced, i.e. Mah-de-len.
But then again, I'm in Europe =)

[willsjoy.livejournal.com]

That's our fav girl name at the moment! We're pronouncing it Mad-a-lin, even though I know she may get some Lanes or Lines from some people. I don't like the Madelynn spelling, so I'm just gonna have to tell her to say "no, it's pronounced Mad-a-lin." haha

[ladymela99.livejournal.com]

Mad-el-ine

Isn't that the spelling of the children's book character? LOL I love that name!