Maddox

Where Maddox comes from

Borrowed from Welsh Madog.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maddox
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1995
    First appearance
    #7,792 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2001
    Maddox Jolie born
    actor and producer
  3. 2017
    Peak, #136
    3,044 babies named Maddox — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Maddox Jolie · actor and producer, born 2001

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.