Madelyn
Meaning of Madelyn
Madelyn is an English spelling of Madeline, the French Madeleine, which derives from Magdalene. That name refers to Mary Magdalene and means “of Magdala,” a town on the Sea of Galilee; the meaning of the place name itself is uncertain, though it is often linked to a Hebrew word for tower. Name dictionaries generally give the sense as “woman from Magdala” and treat Madelyn as a variant spelling rather than a name with a separate derivation of its own.
It is pronounced MAD-uh-lin, with the stress on the first syllable.
Its best-known association is Mary Magdalene, the biblical follower of Jesus who is named in the Gospels as a witness to the resurrection. Among living bearers, the most widely known is Madelyn Cline, the American actress who appears in the series Outer Banks and the film Glass Onion.
In the United States, Madelyn was given to 3,362 girls in 2025 and ranked 70th. That continues a remarkable rise: in 1984 only 51 babies received the name, placing it 1,991st. It has ranked inside the top 100 every year since 2008, reached its highest rank of 58th in 2023, and recorded its largest count, 4,567 births, in 2008.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as MAD-uh-lin (/ˈmæd.lɪn/)
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Notable People Named Madelyn
| Madelyn Cline is an American actress and model best known for Outer Banks, Glass Onion, and I Know What You Did Last Summer. |
| Madelyn Renée - Madelyn Renee Monti is an American soprano and actress known professionally as Madelyn Renee. |
| Madelyn Deutch is an American actress, musician, and writer known for writing, starring in, and composing the score for The Year of Spectacular Men. |
| Madelyn Rodríguez - Madelyn Andrea Rodriguez Rosario is a Dominican taekwondo athlete who won the team kyorugi gold at the 2023 Pan American Games. |
