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 [ 2 syll. mad-dox, ma-dd-ox ] The boy name Maddox is pronounced as MAEDahKS KEY. Maddox is an English name of Welsh origin. The first name is derived from a Welsh surname meaning 'son of Madoc'. It was made famous when the actress Angelina Jolie named her adopted son Maddox (2002-). 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 2008, 0.085% of baby boys were named Maddox. It had a ranking of #208 then. Within all boy names in its family, Maddox was the most frequently used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Maddox include the Welsh Madoc, the Welsh Madog, the Polish Mandek, the Lithuanian Matas, the Czech Matek, the Portuguese Mateus, the Polish Mateusz, the German Mathäus, the Scandinavian Mathies, the Dutch Mathijs, the French and German Mathis, the Polish Matjasz, the German Mattäus, the Scandinavian Matteus, the German Matthaeus, the German Matthaus, the German Matthäus, the Dutch and German Mattheus, the Dutch Matthijs, and the Czech Matus. 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)"   |
