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Madissen

Gender
Girl
Say it
MAD-i-sun
Origin
English

Madissen is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “son of Maud”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Madissen mean?

English: spelling of Madison; English surname

“son of Maud”

An English surname whose use for girls took off after the mermaid Madison in the 1984 film Splash.

Meaning borrowed from Madison. More on Wiktionary.

Is Madissen a girl's or a boy's name?

Madissen is a girls' name.

How popular is Madissen in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Madissen in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 29 in 19982010
Madissen in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20105#16,985
20090–
20080–
20075#17,630
200611#9,897
20056#14,495
200415#7,386
200312#8,500
200220#5,669
200119#5,817
200012#8,020
199915#6,478
199829#3,911
199711#7,737
199614#6,387

Nicknames for Madissen

Names like Madissen

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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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, “Madissen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madissen, updated 20 October 2026.