Entry № 6180 · Irish origin

Madigan Madigan — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAD-ih-guhn /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Irish
Meaning
"Little dog (Amy Madigan; modern Irish unisex)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Irish)

A name that means "little dog (amy madigan; modern irish unisex)".

Madigan is from the Irish Ó Madagáin — descendant of the little dog (from madra meaning dog). Madigan Men (CBS 2000) — short-lived American sitcom. Cathy Madigan — Irish-American actress. Princess Madigan — The Princess Bride-influenced naming. General Madigan — multiple US Army historical figures. Madigan appears as a character name in modern American fiction including works by Lee Smith and Pat Conroy.

Little dog (Irish).

The name in its native script.

Madigan
Transliteration
Madigan
Pronunciation
/ ˈmæd.ɪ.ɡən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Madigan stands.

Madigan does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Madigans before her.

Real people
Amy Madigan
American Oscar-nominated actress.
born 1950
In fiction
Madigan
Don Siegel's 1968 film.
1968

Names connected to Madigan.

The number behind Madigan.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Madigan reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.