(Closed) How do YOU pronounce this name?

• KellyB262
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: November 2016

I’m in the UK and I pronounce it mad- ah- lyn.

• KellyB262
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: November 2016

Oh and no I wouldn’t pronounce Caroline the same way.

• Mrs. Honeybee
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: May 2011

I pronounce Madeline like “Mad-uh-line” (“line” rhyming with “fine”), and I pronounce Madelyn like “Mad-uh-lynn” (like the name Lynn). 

To me, they are two distinct names, and I think it’s best to choose the spelling that matches your desired pronunciation. It just makes sense to pronounce “line” like the word “line” and “lyn” like the name Lynn. I don’t understand the point of spelling the name Madeline only to pronounce it like Madelyn. I use the line/lyn distinction for all names with that ending too (e.g. Caroline versus Carolyn). 

Another option for Madeline is Madeleine, which would be pronounced Mad-uh-lenn. I think that’s a very pretty and unique spelling and pronuncation. 

• Irish Terrier
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: April 2013

That’s my name, and I pronouce it like Mad-ah-lyn, as do most other Madeline’s I know. That said, hardly anyone ever calls Madeline anyway. I go by Maddie (or Mads) most of the time. 😛 

• bbbria
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: October 2014

Timshel:  I would default to pronouncing Caroline with a hard -line. As I mentioned before, my SIL’s name is spelled this way but pronounced “Carolyn,” and she is constantly correcting people. She even considered legally changing the spelling of her name when she was in her 20s.

• mrshmc1204
• 4 years ago

I voted “Mad-ah-line.”

Its my best friends middle name and that’s how she and everyone else pronounces it. 

• cooperlove
• 4 years ago

• Wedding: June 2011

Timshel:  Mad – ah – line 

Like the little French girl with the hat 🙂

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