Madison (name)

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Pronunciation mad-ih-sun		Region of origin England
Meaning "Son of Matthew" Alternately = "Son of Maude" Related names Maddison, Matheson, Mathieson, Mathison, Matthew

Madison is a surname of English origin, which has become a popular given name in the United States. Madison, commonly spelled Maddison in Northeastern England, is a variant of Mathieson, meaning son of Matthew, although possibly occasionally standing for son of Maddy, where Maddy is a pet form of Maud.

Madison is also used as a given name. As a name, it has become popular for girls in recent decades. Its rise is generally attributed to the 1984 release of the film Splash. From a practically non-existent girl's name before 1985, Madison rose to being the second-most-popular name given to female babies in 2001. It has since declined in popularity as a girl's name, however, slipping to seventh place by 2009.

As a masculine given name, Madison can be found within the top 1,000 names for boys in the United States up until about 1952. Madison returned to the top 1,000 ranked boy's names in 1987, remaining there through 1999, and it also was the 858th-most-common boys' name in 2004, but it remains uncommon as a boy's given name.

Surname

James Madison (1751–1836), fourth President of the United States of America

Dolley Madison (1768–1849), wife of James Madison

George Madison (1763–1816), Governor of Kentucky

Guy Madison (1922–1996), American actor

Helene Madison (1913–1970), American competition swimmer

Holly Madison (born 1979), American model

James Madison (bishop) (1749–1812), first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, cousin of James Madison

James G. Madison, known as the Mad Hatter (bank robber) (born 1956/57), convicted bank robber in New Jersey

James Jonas Madison (1884–1922), U.S. Navy commander

James Madison Sr. (1723–1801), father of James Madison

Joe Madison (born 1949), a political activist

Keith Madison, American college baseball coach

Kelly Madison (born 1967), American porn actress

Lucy Foster Madison (1865–1932), American novelist

Martha Madison (born 1977), American actress

Sam Madison (born 1974), American football player

Talia Madison, an alternate ring name of American professional wrestler Jamie Szantyr (born 1981), best known as Velvet Sky

Tianna Madison (born 1985), American athlete

Male

George Madison Adams (1837–1920), U.S. representative from Kentucky

Frederick Madison Allen (1879–1964), doctor

Madison Smartt Bell (born 1957), novelist

Madison Bumgarner (born 1989), Major League Baseball pitcher

James Madison Carpenter (1888–1983), Methodist minister, scholar

Madison Cooper (1894–1956), American businessman

Clarence Madison Dally (1865–1904), American glassblower

James Madison DeWolf (1843–1876), surgeon

Madison Grant (1865–1937), lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist

Madison Hedgecock (born 1981), American football player

Madison Hemings (1805–1877), son of Thomas Jefferson's slave/mistress Sally Hemings

James Madison Hughes (1809–1861), U.S. representative from Missouri

Madison Hughes (born 1992), American rugby player

Madison Jones (1925–2012), author

Omer Madison Kem (1855–1942), Nebraska Populist politician

James Madison Leach (1815–1891), U.S. representative from North Carolina

Madison Marye (1925–2016), American politician

James Madison Morton, Jr. (1869–1940), American federal judge

James Madison Pendleton (1811–1891), Baptist preacher, educator, and theologian

Madison S. Perry (1814–1865), fourth governor of Florida

James Madison Porter (1793–1862), United States Secretary of War

Frederick Madison Roberts (1879–1952), mortician

James Madison Robertson (died 1891), artillery officer in the United States Army

Frederick Madison Smith (1874–1946), American religious leader and author

Madison Washington (circa 19th century), instigator of slave revolt

James Madison Wells (1808–1899), governor of Louisiana

William Madison Whittington (1878–1962), Democratic politician from Mississippi

William Madison Wood (1858–1926), mill owner

Fictional

Madison Jeffries, comic book character in Alpha Flight

Madison "Mad" Twatter, minor character, played by Stephen Walters in British drama television series Skins

Female

Madison

Madison (wrestler), stage name, debuted in 2001

Madison Beer (born 1999), American singer

Madison Brengle (born 1990), American tennis player

Madison Browne (born 1988), Australian international netball player

Madison Cross (born 1992), daughter of Christopher Cross

Madison Davenport (born 1996), American actress and singer

Madison De La Garza (born 2001), American actress and younger sister of Demi Lovato

Madison Hubbell (born 1991), American ice dancer

Madison Keys (born 1995), American tennis player

Madison McReynolds (born 1993), American actress

J. Madison Wright Morris (1984–2006), American actress

Madison Nguyen (born 1975), American politician

Madison Pettis (born 1998), American actress

Madison Rayne (born 1986), American professional wrestler

Madison Stone (born 1965), adult film actress, stage name from the late 1980s (often credited simply as "Madison")

Madison Young, American porn star

Madison Ziegler (born 2002), dancer from reality show Dance Moms

Madisyn

Madisyn Shipman (born 2002), American actress

Fictional characters

Madison, the mermaid in the film Splash and its sequel Splash, Too

Madison Duarte, in the television series South of Nowhere (2005–present)

Madison Sinclair, in the television series Veronica Mars (2004–present)

Madison Rocca, the Blue Ranger in the television series Power Rangers Mystic Force

Madison Paige, a fictional character in Heavy Rain.

Madison McCarthy, cheerleader on Glee

Madison Montgomery, character played by Emma Roberts in the television series American Horror Story: Coven

Madison Clark, character played by Kim Dickens in the television series Fear The Walking Dead

References

Madison (name) Wikipedia

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