Madelein

A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning woman from magdala; spelling variant of Madeline.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Madelein by the numbers

Madelein was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 28 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Madeline

Like Madelein, each of these traces back to Madeline: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Maddiebeloved; a diminutive of Madeline120 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maddelynmade of magdala; a respelling of Madeline43 in the US (2017)
  • Madifrom Magdala; a diminutive of Madeline or Madison13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maddalynnwoman from Magdala; a form of Magdalene or Madeline19 in the US (2017)
  • Madylinof Magdala; a respelling of Madeline18 in the US (2017)
  • Maddygift of Dionysus; diminutive of Madeline16 in the US (2017)
  • Madalinwoman from magdala; a form of Madeline3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Madalinawoman from magdala; a form of Madeline15 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Madeleineof Magdala; woman of Magdala179 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Madelinwoman from magdala; variant of madeline42 in the US (2017)
  • Madeleynwoman from Magdala; variant of Madeline17 in the US (2017)
  • Madeleinawoman from Magdala; variant of Magdalene8 in the US (2017)
  • Madelynof Magdala; tower3,944 in the US (2017)
  • Madelinefrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene2,938 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Madelein

Names that are said the same way as Madelein, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Madilynof Magdala; tower; a modern respelling of Madelyn946 in the US (2017)
  • Madelynnwoman of Magdala; a form of Magdalene685 in the US (2017)
  • Madalynwoman from magdala; a form of Magdalene448 in the US (2017)
  • Madalynnof magdala; a modern respelling of Madeline330 in the US (2017)
  • Maddilynyouthful; a modern respelling of Madeline84 in the US (2017)
  • Madelynewoman from magdala; a form of Madeline70 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Madelein

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