Madeleine
Usage of Madeleine in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Madeleine against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Madeleine is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Madeleine is a French version of Magdalene, meaning “high tower.” Madeleine is also glossed as “woman of Magdala.”
Madeleine in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 679 girls were named Madeleine, making it the #454 girls' name in the US. Since 1881, 45,722 girls have been named Madeleine, with the most (1,424) in 1998. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., New Mexico and Connecticut.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Madeleine in other languages
- Magdalena Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Polish, Slovenian
- Магдалина Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian
- Magdaléna Czech, Hungarian, Slovak
- Maddalena Italian
- Magdolna Hungarian
Madeleine name days
- July 22 Sweden
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Madeleine
There are 54 towns and villages with Madeleine in their name, in 7 countries.
🇫🇷 France 39🇭🇹 Haiti 6🇨🇦 Canada 4🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 2🇲🇺 Mauritius 1🇷🇪 Reunion 1🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| La Madeleine | Hauts-de-France, 🇫🇷 France | 23,572 | Map |
| Sainte-Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | 1,959 | Map |
| Bas Madeleine | Nord-Est, 🇭🇹 Haiti | – | Map |
| Bras Madeleine | 🇷🇪 Reunion | – | Map |
| La Madeleine | Normandy, 🇫🇷 France | – | Map |
| La Madeleine | Grand Est, 🇫🇷 France | – | Map |
| La Madeleine | Pays de la Loire, 🇫🇷 France | – | Map |
| La Madeleine | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 🇫🇷 France | – | Map |
| La Madeleine | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, 🇫🇷 France | – | Map |
| La Madeleine | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 🇫🇷 France | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Madeleine
There are 16 lakes and reservoirs with Madeleine in their name, in 2 countries.
🇨🇦 Canada 14🇺🇸 United States 2
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| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Madeleine | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Madeleine songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Madeleine in their title. The best known:
- Madeleine – Jacques Brel (1962)
- Castell Madeleine – Amadeu Cuadrado i Alguacil
- Madeleine – Donna Kasbohm (1998)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Madeleine
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Madeleine.
Madeleine Duncan Brown
Madeleine Hogan
Madeleine Sandig
Madeleine Stowe
Fictional characters named Madeleine
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Madeleine as a pet name
FurryName has found 23 dogs named Madeleine in public pet registers, making it the #5,015 dog name there. Most of them are registered in New York City (13), Toronto (4), Noosa (1). Madeleine as a dog name →
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