Maddy

Where Maddy comes from

Clipping of Madeleine or Madison + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Maddy
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1946
    First appearance
    #4,960 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2024
    Peak, #2,775
    61 babies named Maddy — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Madeleine.
  • A diminutive of the unisex given name Madison.
Namesakes

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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.