How would you spell this pronunciation?

[name_m]Hi[/name_m] everyone!
How would you spell a name pronounced Mad-eh-layn-uh? (Mad-elaine-uh)

[name_f]Madalena[/name_f]
[name_f]Maddalena[/name_f]
Madelaina
Madeleina

[name_u]Or[/name_u] something else?

Thank you so much!

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Madelaina
[name_f]Madelena[/name_f]

Madelaina

[name_f]Madalena[/name_f] :slight_smile:

I adore the Italian [name_f]Maddalena[/name_f], so that one! I feel like I should love [name_f]Madalena[/name_f] as [name_u]Brazil[/name_u] is super close to my heart and I love Portuguese names, but I came across [name_f]Maddalena[/name_f] first so she looks most ā€œrightā€ to me. I donā€™t hate the look of Madeleina or Madelaina since I love [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] and [name_f]Madelaine[/name_f], but [name_f]Maddalena[/name_f] has my heart.

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[name_f]Madalena[/name_f]

[name_f]Beautiful[/name_f] name!! I love it and one of my faves! :two_hearts::two_hearts:

I have it on my list as Madeleina as I recognize/pronounce [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] as ā€˜mad-uh-LANEā€™. But, my second pick would be [name_f]Madalena[/name_f] and probably is more intuitive and easiest to spell :two_hearts:
I also love [name_f]Madelina[/name_f] ā€˜mad-uh-LEE-naā€™. Adding the ā€˜aā€™ onto a Madelyn/Madeleine/Madeline name really freshens it up and sounds gorgeous!!

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[name_f]Maddalena[/name_f], and I adore this name.

I have that pronunciation as [name_f]Maddalena[/name_f] on my list!

[name_f]Madalena[/name_f] or [name_f]Maddalena[/name_f], I donā€™t think you can go wrong with either :slight_smile:

Madelaina for sure! [name_f]Maddalena[/name_f] would be mah-dah-leh-nah to me.

Iā€™m not great at explaining pronounciations, but Madalena and Maddalena donā€™t sound like the pronounciations you wrote.

Madalena is mah-dah-leh-nah. Maddalena is mahd-da-leh-na. Thereā€™s many videos explaining the pronounciations of Maddalena in italian. Iā€™ve found a video with the pronounciation of Madalena in Brazilian Portuguese (I will leave the link below), but Iā€™m used to a slightly different pronounciations that is used in Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking countries (Iā€™m Portuguese). I will also share videos where Madalena is pronounced in European Portuguese.

I would say Madelaina / Madeleina as mah-de-lay-nah or mah-de-lane-ah. Both are very close to what your looking for, I believe. I would use Madelaina or Madeleina for your pronounciation!

Madalena pronounciation in Brazilian Portuguese:

Madalena pronounciation in European Portuguese:

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Maddalena pronounciation:

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iā€™d go for maddalena, like the italian !! i know that that isnā€™t quite how itā€™s pronounced in italian, but itā€™s definitely how it sounds in english - iā€™ve known several british-italian girls called maddalena who introduce themselves as mad-uh-LAY-nuh.

I have a best friend with this name and she spells it [name_f]Maddalena[/name_f] !! She goes by [name_f]Lena[/name_f] (LAY-nuh) as a nn :slight_smile:

Madelaina looks best too me and phonetically correct.

i have a friend named maddalena ā€œlenaā€ too!! i would assume that spelling if i heard it!

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Madelaina was my initial thought

Madeleina

Madeleina!

Iā€™d spell it Madelaina