Maddison

Where Maddison comes from

From Madde (a medieval diminutive of Maud and Magdalene) + -son.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maddison
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1985
    First appearance
    #9,307 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1996
    Maddison Keeney born
    Australian diver
  3. 1998
    Maddison Inglis born
    Australian tennis player
  4. 2009
    Peak, #281
    1,167 babies named Maddison — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name transferred from the surname, of mostly British usage, variant of Madison.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, less common than the female name today.
Namesakes
  • Maddison Keeney · Australian diver, born 1996
  • Maddison Inglis · Australian tennis player, born 1998
  • Maddison Elliott · Australian Paralympic swimmer, born 1998
  • Maddison Brown · Australian actress, born 1997
  • Maddison Jaizani · English actress, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.