Boy · Welsh
Maddox
Say it: MAD-uks
Meaning
From a Welsh surname meaning 'son of Madog'; Madog is usually linked with mad 'good, fortunate'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Rose in the US after Angelina Jolie named her son Maddox in 2002.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 38,865 babies given this name since 1995
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 608 boys
- 2,339 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Madox
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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