Alternative spelling opinion...

[YoYo]

I think I have my favourite girls name sorted in my head....

Madeleine..... BUT

I am wondering what what others opinions are of alternative spellings.

I was thinking of maybe putting some of my Spanish heritage in there by spelling it...

Madelynn

Are there any other versions of it....or shall I stick with the old faithful way of spelling it!

Other names I have on my list are

Lily
Abigail
Tabitha

Feel free to chuck in your opinion on those too!

The middle name will either be Louise (after my Sister & SIL middle name) or Eladia which is my grandmothers name.

TIA

[Olive]

i like both ways so im not much help
but prefer just one n : Madelyn

[Dollyroux]

To me they have different pronounciations
Madeline - Mad-eee-line (last syllable is line, like straight line)
Madalynn - Mad-uh-lyn

Hope that's clear!FWIW, I prefer the first spelling and pronounciation
I love Tabitha, that was on my list for DD. Eladia looks beautiful - how do you say it - E-laa-de-uh? or Eee-lay-de-uh?

Good luck, hope I was some help!

[smiles4u]

........ i like Madeline, ... and prefer Lillian over Lily (BUT Lily is pretty too )

[Rainbow_Mumma]

Im with Dollyroux on the pronunciation thing but I do prefer Madelynn

[YoYo]

To me they have different pronounciations
Madeline - Mad-eee-line (last syllable is line, like straight line)
Madalynn - Mad-uh-lyn

Hope that's clear!FWIW, I prefer the first spelling and pronounciation
I love Tabitha, that was on my list for DD. Eladia looks beautiful - how do you say it - E-laa-de-uh? or Eee-lay-de-uh?

Good luck, hope I was some help!

Thanks Yep...gotcha I know what you mean by the spellings make pronounciation sound different. I prefer the Madalyn pronounciation.

Eladia with english pronounciation would be, as you say E-Laa-de-ah, but the Spanish pronounciation is E-la-thi-ah. I love it too....

[AnyDream]

You could go totally Spanish with Magdalena...an old fave of mine .

I agree with what Dollyroux says about pronunciation.

[Alipralli]

My neice's name is spelt Madolyn.

[aussienic]

Madeline is a nice simple way of spelling it.

and I love the name Lily and would love to have used it but DH wasn't fussed.. I prefer Lillian with Lily as a nickname. I just think Lillian looks more mature as they get older and go to jobs ect.. (imo)

[smamfa]

Hi Minimax I must admit to being just a weeeeeensy bit jealous - Madeleine was my favourite girl name (we are having a boy bubba) (and of course as you know ds is a Max as well - so we obviously have similar taste!!) I would have spelt it Madeleine (not Madeline), but if you like the Spanish variant then i think go for it that is nice too.

Ooh, and I'd pick Eladia - that's really pretty.

congrats on your lil girl!