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Maddy is cute prefer spelling Maddie though. I like Madeline/Madelene/Madeleine/Madailein/Madolyn/Madlen/Madelaine myself. Other ideas:
Madella Madelle
Madge
Magdelene Magdelena Magdelen Magda Magdala
Maddalina
Madihah mah-DEE-hah Arabic "praiseworthy"
Madonna
Maddox Maddock
Maridel
Maida
Meade
Medea
Madinah Madina
Almadinah
Madora

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A girl in my sons Kindy is called Maddy (full name) i like it and i dont like Madeline or Madison or Maddigan.

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"GoTheSaints"

Madelyn

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May the LORD bless you and keep you make His face shine up you...

I prefer Madelyn or Madison with the nn Maddi. ;)

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Mum to Hayley Anne

Maddigan seems like just another weird masculine surname being used on a girl, which is actually one of the heights of tryndeeness right now.

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I would go for:
Madaia (see Madai)
Madalena
Madalina
Madara
Maddalena
Madeleine
Madelina
Margaret (cf. Madge)

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Miranda

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Maddy / Maddie is nice on its own but I prefer it as a short form of Madeline. Maddigan is cute but it sounds like "mad again". How about Madera or Madeira?

I think Maddie is cute.

Madigan is a surname around here, and it's completely cemented into my mind as being one rather than a given name.

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I love Madeleine. It's not popular around here at all.

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On a side note, I have a friend similarly nicknamed Mattie, her full name being Martha.

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I like Madeleine - you could argue that the original French spelling makes it different from the very popular Madeline. I agree that Madison, in all its variations is too popular, and I never liked it personally.

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Madigan is really not my style, sorry.

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Maddy is a pretty nn - but it is very popular - so if you're going to use that, you might as well use Madeleine (etc. ) as the full name.

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I'm not a fan of giving a nn as the given name, but that is an option too.

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I guess you could make it short for Miranda or even Margaret?

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Madigan is a surname. If it is from your family, then fine. But it would be tacky to use someone else's heritage just to get a nn you like.

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How about Maddalena / Magdalena, Amanda, Amadea*, Mairead?

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* Feminine form of Amadeus. Amadea = "ah-mah-DAY-uh."

This message was edited 2/16/2006, 12:29 PM

Hmm...you could try Magdelen, Magda or Madrigal. I know the first two are more Maggie than Maddy, but it could still work.

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I like Maddie (I prefer this spelling, personally), as a full name or a nickname for Madison.

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- Maria

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Formerly known as Miss Natla

This message was edited 2/16/2006, 12:19 PM

What about Madelina?

Hum. I kinda prefer Maddie all alone rather than Maddigan. I know a girl named Maddiane!? If that helps :P