Maddon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 57 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
57
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maddon by the numbers

Maddon was given to 57 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Maddon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maddon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Maddoxfortunate, beneficent; son of Madoc3,119 in the US (2017)
  • Maddensmall dog; a surname used as given name396 in the US (2017)
  • Maddocfortunate and benevolent; from Madog8 in the US (2017)
  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
  • Madisonson of Maud7,885 in the US (2017)
  • Maxtongreatest stone; a form of Maxon374 in the US (2017)

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