| The girl name Madeline [ 3 syll. ma-de-li-ne, mad-el-ine ] is pronounced MAEDahLIHN KEY. Madeline's language of origin is Hebrew and it is used largely in the English language. Madeline is a variant of Magdalena (Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish). Madeline is popular as a baby girl name. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1980s. Its usage peaked in 1998 with 0.303% of baby girls being given the name Madeline. It had a ranking of #50 then. In 2007, it ranked at #61 with a usage of 0.223%, and it was the most popular among all girl names in its family. Madeline was 15 times more commonly used than the subsequent ranked name, Magdalena (Czech, Dutch, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish), in 2007. Baby names that sound like Madeline include Madelyn (English), Madailéin (Irish), Madalyn (English), Madelaine (English and German), Madeleine (English and French), Madelon (French), Madilyn (English), Madlen (German), Madoline (English), Maddalena (Italian), Madelena (Italian and Spanish), Madleen (German), and Madlyn (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Madeline: 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)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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