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Matalin is the name of a clothing store in the UK ;) That's all I can think of.

This reminds me of Matalan, a department store chain in Britain.

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Magdalen is a sweet name that's a bit like the name in your dream.

I don't actually like any of the Madeline names, but actually, I like the idea of this one because the nickname would be Mattie, not Maddie. [I've never liked Maddie]

Ick. No offense but... ick. Yeah, I really don't care for it. My little sister used to pronounce Madelyn like that, but... I don't know. There's something about the 'd' in Madelyn that totally makes the name more likeable to me!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Matalin

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She's the only place I've ever seen the name for real, in her case as a surname. Apparently it's the first name of one of her daughters.

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It's one of my super guilty pleasures. :-P I like to pretend it's not related to Madeleine, etc. at all.