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Maddox - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Maddox
 
 

 


The boy name Maddox [ 2 syll. mad-dox, ma-dd-ox ] is pronounced as MAEDahKS KEY. Maddox is an English name of Welsh origin. The name Maddox means son of Madoc. The first name is derived from a Welsh surname meaning 'son of Madoc'. See also the related form, the Welsh Madoc.

Maddox is popular as a baby boy name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.074% of baby boys were named Maddox. It had a ranking of #226 then. Within all boy names in its family, Maddox was the most frequently used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Maddox include the Welsh Madoc, the Portuguese Mateus, the Polish Mateusz, the Scandinavian Mathies, the German Mathis, the German Mattäus, the German Matthäus, the Dutch and German Mattheus, the Dutch Matthijs, the Czech Matyás, the Hungarian Mátyás, the Scandinavian Mads, the English and German Mathias, the Hungarian Matija, the Scandinavian Mats, the English and German Matthias, the Russian Mitja, and the German Methodius.

KEY: Pronunciation for Maddox: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


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