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Help[Opinions] Re: Does this nickname work? + a combo question
in reply to a message by Skittsie13
Ellie as a nickname for Madeline works technically, but it seems awfully contrived. You'd forever be explaining how you came up with Ellie as a nickname for Madeline. Addie is also a possibility, as is Adele.
Also, just some food for thought... Mädchen is the German word for 'girl', but also in German, pet forms of names are created by taking the root of a name and adding '-chen' (meaning 'little') to the end. For example, Gretchen means 'little Greta' or 'little Margretha/Margrethe'. If you really wanted to get creative with a nickname, Mädchen could possibly work for Madeline, using 'Mad-' (plus the umlaut) and '-chen'. It would be a double entendre of sorts.
As for the combo, I like Alice Katharina Hermione. I think it has the better flow and works better than Alice Hermione Katharina. Katharina seems like a forceful, dominant name, so it needs something light like Hermione to finish out the combo.
Also, just some food for thought... Mädchen is the German word for 'girl', but also in German, pet forms of names are created by taking the root of a name and adding '-chen' (meaning 'little') to the end. For example, Gretchen means 'little Greta' or 'little Margretha/Margrethe'. If you really wanted to get creative with a nickname, Mädchen could possibly work for Madeline, using 'Mad-' (plus the umlaut) and '-chen'. It would be a double entendre of sorts.
As for the combo, I like Alice Katharina Hermione. I think it has the better flow and works better than Alice Hermione Katharina. Katharina seems like a forceful, dominant name, so it needs something light like Hermione to finish out the combo.
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That's what I was thinking, too - I'd have to explain to everyone how I got Ellie from Madeline. :/ Mädchen is cool, too. Not sure that I'd use it, but a very interesting possibility.
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