Madeliene
Feminine · “A spelling of Madeleine”
Madeliene is Madeleine with the ei turned around, a French name with a long history in English. It belongs to a Paris church that was nearly a temple to an army, and to America’s first woman Secretary of State.
How old is the name Madeliene?
Madeliene first appears in US birth records in 1910 — 115 years ago. The typical Madeliene alive today was born around 1992, making them about 33 years old. About 400 people named Madeliene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Madeliene most popular?
Madeliene peaked in 1940, reaching #2203 nationally. See the whole 1940 chart.
Where it comes from
From Magdalene to Madeliene
The story of Madeliene
Napoleon ordered the unfinished church of La Madeleine in Paris to be rebuilt as a temple to the glory of his army; after his fall it became a church again, a Greek temple on the outside with columns on every side. Madeleine Albright was born in Prague, fled with her family as a child, and became the first woman to serve as American Secretary of State; only then did she learn from a reporter that her grandparents had been Jewish and had died in the Holocaust. Madeliene is one of the spellings American families have used for the name.
Meaning
A spelling of Madeleine, 'woman of Magdala'
Madeleine is the French form of Magdalene, from the town of Magdala. Madeliene swaps the ei for ie.
How the name formed
- Magdalene
- Madeleine
- Madeliene
Related forms: Madeleine · Madeline · Magdalena
Pronouncing Madeliene
MAD-uh-lin
Three syllables with the stress on the first; some say mad-uh-LEEN.
Nicknames for Madeliene
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1910
- Most girls named
- 199620 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2203reached in 1940
- Change vs 2016
- +20.0%6 in 2019, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Madeliene in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Madeleine in French — spelling variant
- Madeline in English — spelling variant
- Magdalena in Spanish — same name
Madelienes among us
people named Madeliene are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Madeliene sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Madeleine, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Maddie as a ready pet form.
- A long history behind it.
- Almost everyone will write Madeleine or Madeline.
- The swapped letters may be read as a slip.
- The pronunciation varies.
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Frequently asked
- How many Madelienes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Madeliene are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Madeliene in 2025?
- Madeliene is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Madeliene with classmates?
- Madeliene will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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