Given name & surname
Madan
“the god of love”
Madan is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “the god of love.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “the god of love.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Madan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 31 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 871 as a first name in 2020; 1,662 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Madan’s family of names
In English usage, Madan has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form मदन.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Madan, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
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>99% boys
Rehman
“one who is merciful”
>99% boys
Yashwant
“a glorious man”
>99% boys
Vatsal
“one who is affectionate”
>99% boys
Aadarsh
“one who has principles”
>99% boys