Name meaning and origin
Madison
English: From an English surname, usually explained as "son of Matthew"
Pronounced MAD-ih-suhn
Where the name comes from
- EnglishFrom an English surname, usually explained as "son of Matthew"Mathieson / MaddisonAs a girls’ name it is a modern adoption, and parents chose it for its sound and its story, not the surname’s meaning.
Madison across traditions
- Modern American naming. In the 1984 film Splash, the mermaid takes her name from a Madison Avenue street sign. Before 1985 almost no girls were named Madison; it entered the top 1,000 that year and reached #2 in the US by 2001.
Who carried it
- James Madison (1751–1836): Fourth US president, a bearer of the surname.
Forms in other languages
Maddison, Madisyn, Maddie
Madison in letter-number systems
Hebrew, Greek and other traditions gave every letter a number, and read meaning into the totals. These are the counts, computed; the readings are inside the Innerverse.
235
Hebrew Standard
1
Hebrew Ordinal
75
English Simple
450
English Sumerian
114
English Reverse
375
Greek Isopsephy
7
Chaldean
3
Pythagorean
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