Madeleine (name)

Madeleine (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Madeleine


imagesize=200px
caption=Mary Magdalene, the saint who is responsible for the popularity of the name Madeleine, in a painting by Frederick Sandys.
pronunciation = mad-LEN (French), MAD-e-lin (English), MAD-e-lien (English)
gender = Female
meaning = "from Magdala."
region =
origin =
nickname =
related names = Madeline, Madelyn, Magdalena, Magdalene, Maddalena, Maddie, Maddy
wiktionary entry = Madeleine
popularity = Yes
articles = Madeleine

Madeleine is a popular girls name. Madeleine was the 80th most popular name given to girls born in England and Wales in 2007. [ [http://www.statistics.gov.uk/specials/babiesnames_girls.asp UK Office of National Statistics] ]

Madeleine is a form of Magdalene, which has been well-known as a name because of Saint Mary Magdalene. Magdalene means "from Magdala". Mary Magdalene's name is thought to be derived from Magdala - a village on the sea of Galilee whose name meant "tower" in Hebrew.

In the United States, this name more often appears under the spelling Madeline and has ranked as one of the 100 most popular girl names in the United States for the past decade. Madeline was the 61st most popular name for baby girls born in the United States in 2007, while its spelling variant Madelyn was ranked as the 104th most popular name given to baby girls born in 2007 and spelling variant Madeleine was ranked as the 290th most popular name given to girls born in 2007. Variant Magdalena was ranked as the 867th most popular name given to girls born in 2007 in the United States. Madeline was the 85th most popular name given to girls born in British Columbia, Canada in 2005 and the 93rd most popular name for girls born in New South Wales, Australia in 2007. [ [http://www.behindthename.com/top/search.php?terms=madeline Behind the Name] ]

Famous individuals with name

* Madeleine Albright
* Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, third in line to the Swedish throne.
* Madeleine McCann, British girl who disappeared while on holiday in May 2007.

Related names

* Alena - German, Czech, Slovak
* Duci - Hungarian
* Leena - Finnish, Estonian
* Lena - Scandinavian, German, Russian
* Lene - German, Danish, Norwegian
* Leni - German
* Lenka - Czech, Slovak
* Lone - Danish
* Madailéin - Irish
* Madalena - Portuguese
* Madalina - Romanian
* Madalyn - English
* Maddalena - Italian
* Maddie - English
* Madelaine - English
* Madeleine - French, English
* Madelina - English
* Madelyn - English
* Madlenka - Czech
* Madlyn - English
* Madoline - English
* Magda - German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese
* Magdalen - English
* Magdaléna - Czech, Slovak, Hungarian
* Magdalena - German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian
* Magdalene - German, Danish, English, Biblical
* Magdalone - Danish
* Magdolna - Hungarian
* Malena - Swedish
* Malene - Danish, Norwegian
* Malin - Swedish
* Marla - English
* Marleen - English
* Marlena - English, Polish
* Marlene - German, English
* Marlyn - English
* Matleena - Finnish

ee also

*Madeline (name)

References


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