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Madeleine has never appealed to me: who wants to be, or to know, a Mad Elaine? Christianne has an awkward rhythm, but no doubt it would quickly become Chris or Chrissie, so it would hardly matter. I'd use Christiana as a mn, if at all: two of my great-grandmothers were named Christiana, so my maternal grandparents each had a mother and a mother-in-law with the same name. Since we aren't a religious family, I might well decide not to appear to be; the two old ladies no doubt were.