Maddalyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAD-uh-lin
- Origin
- Hebrew
Maddalyn is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Maddalyn mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Madalyn, itself a spelling of Madeline, from Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
A respelling of Madeline, the French form of Magdalene, after Mary Magdalene of the Gospels.
Meaning borrowed from Madalyn. More on Wiktionary.
Is Maddalyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Maddalyn is a girls' name.
How popular is Maddalyn in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 58 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Maddalyn in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maddalyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 46 | #3,386 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,987 |
| 2011 | 42 | #3,658 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Nicknames for Maddalyn
- Maddie 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Maddalyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Madilyn Madelyn Londyn Adalynn Briella Brooklyn Madisson Jordyn Emerson Elowyn Addilyn Elliott
Names related to Maddalyn
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maddalyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maddalyn, updated 20 October 2026.