Given name & surname
Madra
“one who is motherly”
Madra is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is motherly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is motherly.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Madra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26
- 0 boys · 26 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 6 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 girls is 5 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1971.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Madra’s family of names
Madra has a related form in Madre. Madra has a related form in Madrena. Madra has a related form in Madrina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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.
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