Madeline
[ˈmædəˌlɪn]Meaning
English form of Madeleine
Background Story
Madeline is the English form of Madeleine. Related forms include Madalyn, Madelaine and Madelyn, with Maddie, Maddy and Madi as diminutives. It is the name of the heroine in a series of children's books by the Austrian-American author Ludwig Bemelmans, first published in 1939.
Temperament
Variations
Madeleine, Magdalene
Related Names
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Recorded as a given name in Literature (user-submitted)
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Madelyn
A variant of Madeline
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French and Czech form of Maria.
Marilou
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A given name recorded in Dutch, feminine
Maybelle
Variant of Mabel.
Mercie
No documented meaning in the sources checked
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