Madox

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Madox by the numbers

Madox was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 37 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Madox

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 Madox. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Maddoxfortunate, beneficent; son of Madoc3,119 in the US (2017)
  • Madocfortunate or good4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Madix19 in the US (2017)
  • Madyx13 in the US (2017)
  • Madrox6 in the US (2017)
  • Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Madox

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

  • Madduxson of Madoc; a surname used as a given name230 in the US (2017)
  • Maddixson of Maud; invented spelling of Maddox146 in the US (2017)
  • Maddexson of Madoc; a modern spelling variant of Maddox95 in the US (2017)
  • Maddax31 in the US (2017)
  • Maddyx25 in the US (2017)
  • Maddoxx8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Madox

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