Madlen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAD-len
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Madlen is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “woman of Magdala”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Madlen mean?
Hebrew: form of Madeleine, from Mary Magdalene
“woman of Magdala”
Form of Madeleine, from Mary Magdalene, whose byname refers to the town of Magdala in Galilee.
Is Madlen a girl's or a boy's name?
Madlen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Madlen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Madlen, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Madlen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Madlen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Madlen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Annie, Marnie, Margot, Mila, Mabel, Elsie, Robyn, Maeve, Sadie, Rosie, Nancy
Names related to Madlen
Madeline, Madelyn, Madalena, Madalina, Madalyn, Madilyn, Madelynn, Madaline
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Madlen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madlen, updated 20 October 2026.