| The boy name Madison [ 3 syll. ma-di-son, mad-is-on ] is also used as a girl name, with the latter form being much more common. Its pronunciation is MAEDahSahN KEY. Madison is largely used in the English language and it is also derived from English origins. Madison has the meaning son of Maud. Developed from the element 'son'. The first name is derived from a surname, which is either of the meaning 'son of Maud', or else a derivative of Magdalen. The popularity of the name was boosted in the USA by the 4th US President James Madison (1751-1836), who gave his name to Madison Square and Madison Avenue in New York. See Madison for more info. See also the related forms, Madeleine (English and French) and Maud (English). Madison is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked modestly in 1903 with 0.014% of baby boys being given the name Madison. Its ranking then was #514. The baby name has since steeply fallen in popularity, and is now of sporadic use. Among all boy names in its group, Madison was nonetheless the most popular in 2007. Though Madison is more popular as a girl name today, there was a period before 1952 that it was given more often to boys. From 1985 on, increasingly more girls than boys were named Madison. In 2004, Madison as a girl name outnumbered its use as a boy name by 104 times. KEY: Pronunciation for Madison: 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)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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