Thank you! This seems like it could be the best idea here. We've seen the show but I hadn't thought of it as a source of possible names.

I will try the middle name idea. Thanks for that suggestion. I've already tried the cultural appropriation angle and he said it doesn't count because it's the name of a fictional magical girl.

I knew more Madisons than Madeleines when I was in school and they all went by Maddie, but either would be fine with me. I have tried that argument and he said it's the name of a magical girl so it doesn't have cultural significance to the point where it'd be cultural appropriation.

Yeah I wouldn't be ok with that either

Yes I did point that out but he said it doesn't apply because we didn't put any restrictions on what the names could be when we made the agreement. I will try to reframe it to be less antagonistic, so thank you for the suggestion.

Ok, I'll tell him I'll watch the show then. I have asked him if there's other names he would consider but they're all equally bizarre. He said Madoka is his #1 pick and I'm not being fair by rejecting the name when he didn't reject the name I picked for our son. I feel like I'm just arguing in circles at this point.