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First name origins & meanings:

  1. English: Good; child of Maud
  2. Old English: Son of a mighty warrior; son of Maud

First name variations: Maddison, Maddy, Madisyn, Maddison, Maddy

Last name origins & meanings:

  1. English: metronymic from the medieval female personal name Madde, a form of Maud (see Mould 1) or Magdalen (see Maudlin).
  2. James Madison (1751–1836), 4th President of the U.S. (1809–17), was born in VA, the son of a planter. He was descended from John Madison, a ship’s carpenter from Gloucester, England, who had settled in VA in about 1653.

Famous people who gave their babies this name: Rob Thomas

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