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1) Sibset: Myles (17), Hayden (12), Quin (possibly Quinlan) (11), Nolan (11)
All boys. Youngest two are twins. I haven't seen these kids since my brother played baseball with Myles in third grade - I would "babysit" the younger boys (then 2 and 3) during their practices and games and the names have stuck with me throughout the years because I had never met or heard of anyone with those names, expect for Quin. I'm aware that they're a lot more popular these days, but opinions? Do you like the names any more/less based on their ages?

2) The name Lacey?

3) The name Madelyn/Madalyn? (pronounced mad-uh-lynn... not line)

4) The name Ryden? (I believe it's supposed to be like Ryder.. but the last name ends with "er" and they didn't want two "er"s)

5) Middle names for the name Norah?


So many questions! I know far too many people having babies and these are all names they're either thinking of or were thinking of before the baby was born - just wondering what people thought of them.

Comments

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1. I like them alright. They work together, too.
2. Eh, not so much.
3. Madelyn is nice. But Madeline is pronounced the same way.
4. It's not too bad. Better than Ryder. Ews.
5. Norah Sabine
Norah Denise
Norah Maren
Norah Marguerite
Norah Wollstonecraft (lol, not really.)

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3) Is it? I'm used to seeing Madeline as the "-line" pronunciation ... possibly due to the TV show back in the day and the few people I've met with that name pronounce it that way. Good to keep in mind.

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I suppose an amendment is in order. In French, it's prnounced kind of mad - lenn. Or, rather, the plural cookies are. (Madelines. Thems tasty-like.) That's probably peculiar to the s on the end. But, an i in French is pronounced e on it's own and ih or ee in use. That's a simplification, but it works. So, Madeline could be mad- e(h) - leen or mad-e(h)-lin or mad-lin but never MAD-uh-line.

However, it's often pronounced that way (MAD-uh-line) in English--and in the English version of the show based on the children's books--but not to the exclusion of the mad-lin pronunciation.