Madeleine

Where Madeleine comes from

From French Madeleine. Doublet of Magdalene.
— Wiktionary's entry for Madeleine
  • French
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1607
    Madeleine de Scudéry born
    French writer
  2. 1881
    First appearance
    #830 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1937
    Madeleine Albright born
    United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001
  4. 1998
    Peak, #217
    1,424 babies named Madeleine — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2023
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #444.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French, variant of Madeline.
Namesakes
  • Madeleine Albright · United States Secretary of State from 1997 to 2001, 1937–2022
  • Madeleine de Scudéry · French writer, 1607–1701
  • Madeleine Stowe · American actress, born 1958
  • Madeleine L'Engle · American writer, 1918–2007
  • Madeleine Carroll · English actress, 1906–1987

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.