Madeleine is a girl's name of French origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 707 girls in the United States.
Madeleine belongs to the French tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Madeleine first appears in Social Security records in 1881. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #217 in 1998, and in 2024 707 babies received the name — 45,039 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Madeleine is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its French origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Madeleine is a girl name. In 2024, 707 babies received the name in the US.
Madeleine comes from the French tradition.
Madeleine first appears in US records in 1881. Its best-ever ranking was #217 in 1998, and 707 babies were given the name in 2024.
Madeleine is pronounced /ˈmæd(ə)lɪn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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