Given name & surname
Madonna
“my lady; refers to the Virgin Mary”
Madonna is used as a given name and a surname. One Italian interpretation is “my lady; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Italian interpretation is “my lady; refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Italian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Madonna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,560
- 0 boys · 9,560 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 211 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,273 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,273 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,018 as a first name in 2020; 1,593 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.
Madonna’s family of names
In English usage, Madonna has a diminutive in Madge. Madonna has a related form in Madona. Madonna has a related form in Madonah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Madonna
- MadonnaAmerican singer (born 1958)
- Madonna BuderAmerican triathlete and nunborn 1930
- Madonna HarrisNew Zealand sportswomanborn 1956
- Madonna SebastianIndian actressborn 1989
- Madonna BlythOlympic field hockey playerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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