Help with a middle for Madison

I’ve been battling with a middle name for [name]Madison[/name], for some reason none of them stick! Some I’ve been playing around with:

[name]Madison[/name] [name]Leif[/name]- Been my top for a few months but… I don’t know it’s not amazing.
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Finch[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Adlai[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Everest[/name]

Any suggestions or opinions would be greatly appreciated!

*Not pregnant just planning for the future :~)

I love that [name]Madison[/name] is on your boys’ list. :slight_smile: [name]Madison[/name] [name]Adlai[/name] is by far my favorite, but I quite like [name]Madison[/name] [name]Finch[/name] (although it sort of sounds like [name]Atticus[/name] [name]Finch[/name], if you squint your ears. :)) and [name]Madison[/name] [name]Everest[/name] (probably because I love [name]Everett[/name] so much!). [name]Madison[/name] [name]Leif[/name] is okay. I only know one [name]Leif[/name], and he was my grandmother’s doctor for years, but kind of dropped the ball when she needed him, so I don’t have the best image of [name]Leif[/name], even though he was a nice guy. I don’t know if it interests you, but I think [name]Madison[/name] [name]Rhett[/name] would be super handsome.

Good luck!

[name]Madison[/name] [name]Finch[/name] is great!

[name]How[/name] about:

[name]Madison[/name] [name]Reed[/name]/[name]Reid[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Xavier[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]William[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Oliver[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Elliott[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Felix[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Grey[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Geoffrey[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Tate[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Arthur[/name]

[name]Madison[/name] [name]Finch[/name]! I love the suggestions of [name]Madison[/name] [name]Rhett[/name] and [name]Madison[/name] [name]Arthur[/name]. Other ideas:

[name]Madison[/name] [name]George[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Thomas[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Henry[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Murphy[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Levi[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Holland[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Leo[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Bram[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Jude[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Ephraim[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Owen[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Axel[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Samuel[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Thor[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Ezra[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Heath[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Emmett[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Wyatt[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Flynn[/name]

I think that with a unisex that has largely been taken over by girls in recent decades, I would go with a middle name that is squarely masculine. [name]Leif[/name] and [name]Adlai[/name] are pretty “male,” but I think [name]Finch[/name] and [name]Everest[/name] could go either way since [name]Finch[/name] could easily fall in with [name]Lark[/name] and [name]Wren[/name], and [name]Everest[/name] (though it bears a resemblance to [name]Everett[/name]) also reminds me of the [name]Eve[/name]/[name]Eva[/name]/[name]Evelyn[/name]/[name]Evangeline[/name] names. If you don’t mind the ambiguity, that’s fine; I don’t think it’s a problem. But I would personally pick a solidly masculine middle. I think [name]Adlai[/name] is nice, but the repetition of “ad” in both names could be a little funky. I like [name]Madison[/name] [name]Leif[/name] the most; it’s cool and I think it flows just fine. Alternatively, what about:

[name]Madison[/name] [name]Asa[/name] (perhaps not super boyish because of [name]Ada[/name] and [name]Ava[/name], but I will always think of it as masculine)
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Cormac[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Jude[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Laszlo[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Oscar[/name]/[name]Oskar[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Teo[/name] or if you don’t mind alliteration, [name]Madison[/name] [name]Mateo[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Wilder[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Wolf[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Amias[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Griffith[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Piers[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Pilot[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Castor[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Alcott[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Tomas[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Tor[/name] or [name]Madison[/name] [name]Thor[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Errol[/name]

[name]George[/name]! I have a love affair with the combo [name]Madison[/name] [name]George[/name].

I like [name]Madison[/name] [name]Finch[/name] a lot too.

I like [name]Madison[/name] [name]Finch[/name] the best from your list.

[name]Madison[/name] [name]Jude[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Avery[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Isaac[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Victor[/name]
[name]Madison[/name] [name]Connor[/name]

Thanks everyone for the amazing suggestions so far! :slight_smile:

I think the ones I really love are [name]Rhett[/name], [name]Arthur[/name], [name]Bram[/name], [name]Ephraim[/name], [name]Wyatt[/name], [name]Laszlo[/name](I actually [name]LOVE[/name] this with [name]Madison[/name]), [name]Amias[/name], & [name]Mateo[/name]! Gosh now I might have a hard time just picking one haha!

Also I’ve been really liking [name]Viggo[/name] lately, so what do you all think of [name]Madison[/name] [name]Viggo[/name]?

Again thanks so much!

The double gg in [name]Viggo[/name] has always looked odd to me (I think of funny words like “wiggle”), which is inexplicably weird (about me, not really about double gg’s). I also really associate the name with the actor. I prefer other choices like [name]Laszlo[/name] (glad you like it!) and [name]Ephraim[/name], [name]Amias[/name], and [name]Mateo[/name].

I can’t find a nice middle name for my [name]Madison[/name] [also a boy] someday too [not pregnant just love names]. Hmm:

[name]Madison[/name] to me is hard to pair with. I like maybe something with an E? [name]Madison[/name] [name]Edward[/name] or [name]Madison[/name] [name]Edmund[/name]?