Madeline Forename
Approximately 121,779 people bear this name
Madeline Forename Definition:
A female name. Hebrew ‘woman of Magdala’. The supposed relics of St Mary Magdalene were discovered in the 13th C, after which she received greatly increased devotion, and the distinctive epithet Magdalen was adopted as a christian name. In England the French form of the name, Madeleine, was further reduced to Maudlin and Madlin, which were still used in the 17th C.
Read More About This ForenameMadeline Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 72,671 | 1:4,989 | 716 |
| England | 100% | 7,344 | 1:7,571 | 669 |
| Philippines | 99% | 5,867 | 1:18,069 | 1,966 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 4,684 | 1:15,762 | 1,406 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4,420 | 1:803 | 141 |
| Canada | 100% | 3,908 | 1:8,478 | 1,056 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,776 | 1:6,040 | 794 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1,748 | 1:5,968 | 842 |
| Gambia | - | 1,538 | 1:1,253 | 228 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,439 | 1:3,227 | 394 |
| Australia | - | 1,385 | 1:9,861 | 939 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,049 | 1:29,028 | 2,693 |
| South Africa | 100% | 925 | 1:58,954 | 5,755 |
| Cuba | - | 750 | 1:15,342 | 949 |
| Israel | 100% | 636 | 1:13,212 | 1,491 |
| France | 100% | 632 | 1:105,175 | 2,273 |
| Kenya | - | 593 | 1:78,090 | 4,535 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 545 | 1:28,301 | 2,877 |
| Panama | 100% | 524 | 1:7,455 | 1,105 |
| Jamaica | - | 454 | 1:6,351 | 895 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 431 | 1:50,140 | 3,273 |
| Thailand | 97% | 408 | 1:171,730 | 12,020 |
| Chile | 100% | 377 | 1:46,703 | 1,713 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Wales | 100% | 358 | 1:8,643 | 763 |
| Scotland | 100% | 338 | 1:15,829 | 875 |
| Ghana | - | 337 | 1:80,078 | 3,677 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 321 | 1:5,742 | 608 |
| Brazil | 100% | 315 | 1:680,115 | 20,155 |
| Colombia | 100% | 310 | 1:154,126 | 4,111 |
| Mexico | 99% | 307 | 1:404,379 | 5,051 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 301 | 1:56,153 | 3,677 |
| Peru | 100% | 273 | 1:116,452 | 3,913 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 265 | 1:40,005 | 1,854 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 262 | 1:31,349 | 1,747 |
| Germany | 100% | 256 | 1:377,648 | 4,460 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 255 | 1:118,439 | 5,123 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 250 | 1:32,609 | 3,238 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 235 | 1:68,547 | 1,897 |
| New Zealand | - | 219 | 1:20,713 | 1,606 |
| Singapore | 100% | 213 | 1:29,517 | 5,841 |
| Bahamas | - | 207 | 1:1,929 | 440 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 192 | 1:274,939 | 9,993 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 170 | 1:1,044,496 | 25,767 |
| Ecuador | - | 169 | 1:104,893 | 2,504 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 121 | 1:39,405 | 1,957 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 115 | 1:1,355 | 361 |
| Spain | 100% | 108 | 1:430,833 | 5,897 |
| Belgium | 100% | 93 | 1:123,549 | 3,835 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 66 | 1:91,187 | 3,317 |
| El Salvador | - | 58 | 1:109,341 | 2,205 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 56 | 1:328,205 | 12,710 |
| Barbados | - | 54 | 1:5,366 | 790 |
| Honduras | 100% | 49 | 1:179,948 | 4,418 |
| China | - | 46 | 1:29,696,865 | 61,011 |
| Sweden | 100% | 45 | 1:219,065 | 7,397 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 42 | 1:32,415 | 3,363 |
| Benin | 100% | 41 | 1:257,947 | 11,095 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 37 | 1:6,971,991 | 249,135 |
| Japan | - | 36 | 1:3,555,168 | 24,492 |
| Qatar | 100% | 36 | 1:65,822 | 8,074 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:16,599 | 1,426 |
| Uganda | 100% | 33 | 1:1,241,119 | 19,738 |
| Namibia | - | 32 | 1:75,131 | 3,922 |
| Romania | - | 32 | 1:626,624 | 17,326 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| Czechia | 100% | 26 | 1:409,852 | 2,291 |
| Jersey | - | 26 | 1:3,845 | 523 |
| Guyana | 100% | 24 | 1:31,803 | 3,406 |
| India | 100% | 24 | 1:50,619,915 | 863,110 |
| Saint Lucia | 95% | 24 | 1:7,409 | 1,127 |
| Liberia | 100% | 23 | 1:191,829 | 6,898 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 23 | 1:4,772 | 795 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 22 | 1:12,280 | 1,140 |
| Guam | - | 21 | 1:7,650 | 1,166 |
| Greece | 100% | 20 | 1:546,727 | 7,050 |
| Italy | 100% | 20 | 1:3,053,104 | 18,341 |
| Bermuda | - | 19 | 1:3,412 | 618 |
| Denmark | - | 19 | 1:297,342 | 5,671 |
| Russia | 100% | 18 | 1:8,012,984 | 32,991 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 18 | 1:1,320,538 | 43,414 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Hong Kong | - | 16 | 1:484,545 | 4,322 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Austria | 100% | 15 | 1:567,613 | 5,057 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 13 | 1:4,220 | 766 |
| Belize | 100% | 12 | 1:29,526 | 2,824 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 10 | 1:11,158 | 1,580 |
| Bahrain | - | 9 | 1:149,853 | 3,890 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Dominica | - | 8 | 1:9,434 | 375 |
| Grenada | 100% | 8 | 1:13,516 | 1,533 |
| Norway | - | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 7 | 1:1,033,829 | 6,926 |
| South Korea | - | 7 | 1:792,060 | 15,859 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 5 | 1:465 | 94 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Argentina | 100% | 4 | 1:10,693,311 | 19,797 |
| Botswana | 100% | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Kuwait | - | 4 | 1:946,316 | 12,511 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 3 | 1:5,424,443 | 41,412 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 3 | 1:2,383,998 | 75,650 |
| Finland | 75% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:25,615 | 3,101 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 2 | 1:17,354 | 1,059 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Niger | 100% | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Poland | 100% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
The alternate forms: Madeliné (2), Mádeline (1) & Madêline (1) are calculated separately.
Madeline (1,221) may also be a surname.
Madeline Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Hebrew ‘woman of Magdala’. The supposed relics of St Mary Magdalene were discovered in the 13th C, after which she received greatly increased devotion, and the distinctive epithet Magdalen was adopted as a christian name. In England the French form of the name, Madeleine, was further reduced to Maudlin and Madlin, which were still used in the 17th C. Magdalen seems to nave come in after the Reformation (Magdalen and Magdelne occur in 1604), being no doubt taken directly from the Bible. Lyford 1655 gives it variously as ‘Magdalene, Maudlin seu Magdalin'.
Madelina Assize Rolls 1221. Maudeleyn Hundred Rolls 1273. Mawdelyn Church Registers of St. James’s, Clerkenwell, 1551-1754 1562 Maudlin Church Registers of St. James’s, Clerkenwell, 1551-1754 1608 Magdalen, Magdelne Yorks Rec 1604.
An English variant of Magdalen(e)—than which it is, in mid C19-20, far more general,—on the model of other names in -line.
A female name softened down from Magdalen. Conf. the Fr. Madeleine and Madelon; the It. Maddalena; and the Sp. Madelena.
Hebrew (feminine) - Tower, magnificent.
User-submitted Reference
This name means 'woman of Magdala', 'woman of the high tower'.
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Madeline Demographics
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$41,543 USD
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United States
$43,149 USD
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