Madeley
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Madeley by the numbers
Madeley was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 10 babies in 1989, making it a 1980s name.
What we can tell you about Madeley
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 Madeley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Madeleynwoman from Magdala; variant of Madeline17 in the US (2017)
- Maeley18 in the US (2017)
- Madelynof Magdala; tower3,944 in the US (2017)
- Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marelypleasant lake or fen clearing; a form of Marley50 in the US (2017)
- Madelinwoman from magdala; variant of madeline42 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Madeley
Names that are said the same way as Madeley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Madilee5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Madeley
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