Given name

Madhulika

“as sweet as honey”

Madhulika is a variant of Madhu. One Indian interpretation is “as sweet as honey.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Madhulika is a variant of Madhu. One Indian interpretation is “as sweet as honey.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Madhulika is a variant of Madhu. An origin associated with Madhu is Sanskrit.

Explained through its name family

How it developed

From Sanskrit मधुलिका.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1999. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Madhulika through the years

Babies since 1880
6
0 boys · 6 girls
Most popular year
1999
6 babies
2025
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Madhulika in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1999–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 277 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.

Madhulika’s family of names

Madhulika has a related form in Madhu.

Walk Madhulika’s family in the name graph

MadhulikaMadhu

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

People named Madhulika

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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Sibling ideas

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