Madeleine - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Madeleine \m(a)-delei-ne, mad(e)-leine\ is a variant of Madeline (Hebrew), and the meaning of Madeleine is "woman from Magdala". See also Magali.

The baby name Madeleine sounds like Madelene, Madelaine and Madaleine. Other similar baby names are Magdeleine, Madelynne, Madelyne, Madelina, Madelena, Madelayne, Madalene and Magdeline.

Madeleine is a very common first name for women (#936 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

[Top]