What does Madeleine mean?

Madeleine means "of Magdala"

How do we pronounce Madeleine?

Madeleine \ma-de-lei-ne, mad-ele-ine\ is a female's name. It consists of 9 letters and 3 syllables.

The baby girl name Madeleine is pronounced MAEDahLayN or MAEDahLihN (English), MaeDahLEHN or MaeDLEHN (French) 1.

1 Pronunciation for Madeleine: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "day (D.EY)" ; AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)"

What is the origin of Madeleine?

Madeleine is of Hebrew origin, and it is used mainly in English and French. Madeleine is a spelling variant of the English Madeline pronounciation in the English and French languages and a variant form of the Czech, Dutch, English, German, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Scandinavian, Slavic, and Spanish Magdalena meaning of name. A form of the name is the French spelling variant Madleine meaning and origin. See also the related forms, the English name Madison and the English Madison meaning of name. Madeleine is fairly popular as a baby name for girls. The name increased in popularity from the 1980s up to the 1990s. At the modest peak of its usage in 1998, 0.073% of baby girls were named Madeleine. Its ranking then was #216. The baby name has since experienced a decline in frequency. In 2010, it ranked at #320 with a usage of 0.051%. Out of the group of girl names directly related to Madeleine, name Madison origin was the most widely used. Its use outnumbered Madeleine's by 13 times in 2010.

The following famous people share the name Madeleine:

  • Author Madeleine L'Engle, born 29 November 1918 - 6 September 2007, New York, New York
  • Government Official Madeleine Albright, born 15 May 1937, Prague, Czechoslovakia.

List of baby names that sound like Madeleine:

the English Madaline definition, the English Madeline pronounciation, the English and German Madlen meaning of name, the Irish meaning of Madailéin, the English nicknames for Madalene, the English baby name Madalyn, the English Madalyne name, the name Madalynn name, the name meaning of Madalynne, the Scandinavian name Madelen meaning, the French Madelon name popularity, the English Madilyn pronounciation, the Rhaeto-Romanic Madlaina name popularity, the English Madlin name variations, the English Madoline definition, the English meaning of Madolyn, the name baby name Mandalin, the English short names for Mandaline, the name meaning of Mandalyn, and the name Mandalynn definition.

The baby name Madeleine fun facts:

The name Madeleine in reverse order is "Enieledam".

The numerological value of the name Madeleine is number 5, which means expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom.

How popular is Madeleine?

Madeleine is in the top names in USA.

YearUsage
20140.06%
20130.07%
20120.06%
20110.06%
20100.06%
20090.05%
20080.07%
20070.06%
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames