Madeline

Where Madeline comes from

Anglicized from French Madeleine, from Ancient Greek Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ). Doublet of Madeleine and Magdalene.
— Wiktionary's entry for Madeline
  • French
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #342 among girls — 22 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1942
    Madeline Kahn born
    American actress, singer
  3. 1996
    Madeline Carroll born
    American actress
  4. 1998
    Peak, #50
    5,869 babies named Madeline — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1998
    The comeback
    Back to #50 after sinking to #721 in 1980.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Madeline Kahn · American actress, singer, 1942–1999
  • Madeline Carroll · American actress, born 1996
  • Madeline Zima · American actress, writer, and director, born 1985
  • Madeline Miller · American writer, born 1978
  • Madeline Brewer · American actress, born 1992

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.