Madge
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Madge is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from Magg, a short form of Magot/Magota, a hypocoristic of Margaret, or from Margery; first attested Magge 1246 AssLa.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 47K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 71K
- USUnited States1 in 133K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 240 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 16K (inferred from the name graph)
2,508 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Magg, a short form of Magot/Magota, a hypocoristic of Margaret, or from Margery; first attested Magge 1246 AssLa
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Madge counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 2,508 | 1 in 133K | 2.5K | Madge | 240 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 47K | listed | Madge | 124 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 101K | listed | Madge | 7 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 71K | — | Madge | 74 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈420 est. | ≈1 in 134K | — | Madge | 12 |
| JM Jamaica | #456 | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Madge | 4 |
| IE Ireland | #896 | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 35K | — | Madge | 18 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Madge | 4 |
| IS Iceland | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 20K | listed | Madge | 1 |
2,508 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Madge is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, The barn owl.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
English: pet form of MARGARET , representing a palatalized version of Mag(g) (see MAGGIE ).
as a word
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)
- Margaret Theresa of Spainb. 1651ESnot in their usual nameHoly Roman empress (1651-1673)
- Margaret Mitchellb. 1900USnot in their usual nameAmerican author and journalist (1900–1949)
- Margaret Meadb. 1901USnot in their usual nameAmerican anthropologist (1901-1978)
- Peggy Ashcroftb. 1907GBnot in their usual nameBritish actress (1907-1991)
- Margot Fonteynb. 1919GBnot in their usual nameBritish ballerina
- Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdonb. 1930GBnot in their usual nameBritish princess (1930–2002)
- Margaret Atwoodb. 1939CAnot in their usual nameCanadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
- Margaret Smith Courtb. 1942AUnot in their usual nameAustralian tennis player
- Sally Fieldb. 1946USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
- Margaret Qualleyb. 1994USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (born 1994)
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 42 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 330 | #65,003 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 294 | #67,126 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 263 | #69,636 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Madge mean, and where does it come from?
- from Magg, a short form of Magot/Magota, a hypocoristic of Margaret, or from Margery; first attested Magge 1246 AssLa Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- What are other forms of the name Madge?
- In the etymology graph, Rita, Margarita and Peggy are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Margaret.
- Is Madge a male or female name?
- Madge 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.
- In which country does Madge have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.5 thousand people named Madge, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled madge.
- How common is the name Madge?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,508 people named Madge in 2020, about 1 in 133 thousand residents.
- How common is Madge compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Madge is the 456th most common given name of 21,568 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Madge?
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Madge” — the 456th most common given name in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.