Apologies for making another post so quickly! But in my previous post, I mentioned that I loved [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] but disliked the nickname [name_f]Maddie[/name_f]. Someone suggested [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] (which I do love, actually!), which led to the nickname [name_u]Mattie[/name_u], which I think is absolutely adorable. [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think it’d work for [name_f]Madeline[/name_f], or is it too much of a stretch? [name_f]Sister[/name_f] is [name_f]Josephine[/name_f], so the pairing would be [name_u]Joey[/name_u] and [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] or [name_u]Jo[/name_u] and [name_u]Mattie[/name_u]. (We’re not using [name_u]Josie[/name_u].)
I’m still considering other names, including some fantastic ones suggested in the first post, but I wanted to ask anyway.
It sounds identicsl to [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] in my accent, so I’m not really sure how it’s make much of a difference other than the spelling. I can see it creating some confusion for other people.
If [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] and [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] sound different in your accent, then I can see it working, but it is a tiny stretch. I think it may work better with a T middle name. I do think it would still create some confusion (ie “no we’re calling her Mattie, not [name_f]Maddie[/name_f]).
There is a difference, but it’s admittedly a pretty subtle one. I might ask some family and friends how [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] and [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] sound to them, to see how it works with our accent and if they notice a difference. [name_m]Just[/name_m] SO and I is a pretty small sample size, after all. Thank you for the feedback!
Although there’s a difference in how they sound, I really don’t think most people will say “[name_u]Mattie[/name_u]” if they know her name is [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]… It would seem like an odd thing to correct. Like, if someone called her [name_f]Maddie[/name_f], would she really want to stop them and say “it’s [name_u]Mattie[/name_u]”? [name_f]My[/name_f] niece is 6 and she’s already tired of correcting people for how they pronounce her name, so she doesn’t. It’s not an unusual name, but we say it different at home than the majority of the folks she interacts with at school It is a subtle difference, similar to [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] vs [name_u]Mattie[/name_u].
I think [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] as a nickname for [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] is quite a stretch and I think other people would automatically say [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] anyways. You could try it though, maybe it works.
I think it depends on your accent. If they sound identical/very similar then I don’t really see the difference in calling her [name_f]Maddie[/name_f], I think it’d make more sense to just go with that spelling. And if they sound different then I’d question where you got [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] from – I think it works better as a nn for [name_f]Matilda[/name_f].
Maddie and [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] sound pretty much the same. Though, if people see the spelling [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] they might be confused that her actually name is [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]? [name_m]Just[/name_m] my thought…
Overall I dont think its a problem.
I also like [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] and [name_u]Joey[/name_u] together!
The only [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] I knew went by [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] not [name_f]Maddie[/name_f]. So I think it works well. It’s a slight difference but not a huge stretch. I think people might assume [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] but when I say [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] and [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] they’re similar in sound.
Maddie and [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] sound similar to me. I think because [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] (and all her variations) is SO popular and so many of them go by [name_f]Maddie[/name_f], it may be annoying to correct people who assume she’s [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] from [name_f]Madeline[/name_f], or explain to people who know her as [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] that it’s short for [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] and she’s not [name_f]Maddie[/name_f]. That being said, I think it’s up to you how annoying you would find that. It may not be something that bothers you - in that case, go for it!
I knew two Matties, short for [name_f]Martha[/name_f] and [name_f]Matilda[/name_f], both worked well. All the Madelines I knew went by [name_f]Maddie[/name_f]/Maddy.
Adeline is beautiful to and looks a lot like [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]. You could use [name_f]Addy[/name_f] or [name_f]Ada[/name_f] as a nickname for [name_f]Adeline[/name_f]
I like [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] but I feel like it’s definitely going to be confused for [name_f]Maddie[/name_f]. There may be a difference in some accents, but I know that in my Canadian one, they’re indistinguishable. I also feel like when you correct someone with “it’s [name_u]Mattie[/name_u], not [name_f]Maddie[/name_f]”, you’ll likely be met with confused looks as they do sound incredibly similar, even when I try and make a point of enunciating the "t"s. I feel like it’d be a lot of “I just said that?!” and “No M-A-T-T-I-E”, which, as a [name_u]Haley[/name_u] who always has to spell it out - trust me, it gets frustrating for the bearer!
That being said, I think if you’re adamant enough, you could probably avoid a nickname for [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] altogether, but you’d have to be open to the possibility that she could still end up being [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] due to her own choice one day.
I don’t think that [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] nn [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] is a stretch, per se, but I think it seems mildly redundant because there’s a very good chance people will mishear it as [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] anyways, and she’ll have to correct it constantly. [name_m]Even[/name_m] if you may not find it annoying, you may want to consider how you’d feel as a 5 year old who is frustrated because everyone keeps mispronouncing her name.
I think folks would call her [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] for [name_f]Madeline[/name_f]. To get [name_u]Mattie[/name_u], you might need a different name to get you there.
I live in the US and these sound the exact same to me. The only difference is that [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] “[name_u]Mattie[/name_u]” will get misspelled 100% of the time.
I would use [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] for [name_f]Madeline[/name_f] and [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] for [name_f]Matilda[/name_f].
Josephine “[name_u]Jo[/name_u]” & [name_f]Matilda[/name_f] “[name_u]Mattie[/name_u]” make fantastic sisters!
Maddie and [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] sound exactly the same to me. I like the look of [name_u]Mattie[/name_u] more but it doesn’t change the pronunciation. I have a midwestern accent.
Sounds like a plan 
It is a subtle difference, similar to [name_f]Maddie[/name_f] vs [name_u]Mattie[/name_u].