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Boy · Welsh
Madog
Say it: MAD-og
Meaning
Uncertain; possibly mad 'good, fortunate' with the suffix -og.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Madoc
| English | Madoc |
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Famous bearers
- Madog ab Owain Gwynedd, said in legend to have sailed to America
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Well-known works of literature
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.