Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Madelein isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Madelein through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 203
- 0 boys · 203 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,236 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,236 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 301 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Madelein’s family of names
Madelein may belong to the same name family as MADELEINN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Madelein
- Madelein MeppelinkDutch beach volleyball playerborn 1989
- Madelein SvenssonSwedish athletics competitor (born 1969)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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