Entry № 6187 · English origin

Madison Madison — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAD-ih-son /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Son of Maud"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (1980s)

A name that means "son of maud".

Its use as a girl's name is a recent phenomenon, sparked by the 1984 film Splash, in which Daryl Hannah's mermaid character names herself Madison after seeing a street sign. By the 2000s it was in the U.S. top 5 girl names. It has slipped recently but remains in the top 100.

From a U.S.

The name in its native script.

Madison
Transliteration
Madison
Pronunciation
/ ˈmæd.ɪ.sən /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Madison stands.

Madison 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.

Madisons before her.

Real people
Dolley Madison
American First Lady, wife of James Madison.
1768 – 1849
Madison Cawthorn
American politician.
born 1995
In fiction
Madison
Mermaid character in the 1984 film Splash.
1984 film

Names connected to Madison.

The number behind Madison.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Madison reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.