Maddie

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Maddie, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Katie
• Addy
• Tilly
• Lyn
• Gabby
• Tilda
• Tillie
• Abby
• Emmy
• Ellie
• Line
• Lizzie

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Maddie is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: French, Italian

  Also written Màddië, Maddïe, Måddie, Máddîè

• Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Argentina, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Maddïê

48 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Maddie is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Variant spelling of Maddy.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Maddie Taylorb. 1966USAmerican voice actress
• Maddie Hinchb. 1988GBEnglish hockey player
• Maddie McCormickb. 1991USAmerican actress
• Madalyn Godbyb. 1992USnot in their usual nameAmerican cyclist
• Maddie Bowmanb. 1994USAmerican freestyle skier
• Maddie Phillipsb. 1994CACanadian actor
• Maddie Hassonb. 1995USAmerican actress
• Maddie Bailliob. 1996USAmerican actress and singer
• Maddie Pogarchb. 1997USAmerican soccer player
• Madison Reyesb. 2004USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What are other forms of the name Maddie?

In the etymology graph, Magdalena, Lena and Magali are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Madeline and Madelaine.

Is Maddie a male or female name?

Maddie is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Maddie mean, and where does it come from?

A diminutive of the female given name Madeleine. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

How common is the name Maddie?

In the United States, the national register counted 12,448 people named Maddie in 2020, about 1 in 27 thousand residents.

How common is Maddie compared with other names?

In Australia, Maddie is the 827th most common given name of 205,854 given names recorded there.

How do you pronounce Maddie?

A machine transcription gives /mædi/ (IPA) for English.

In which country does Maddie have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Maddie, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maddie.