Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Madelyn
/MAD · uh · lin/
Meaning
“Woman of Magdala”
Americanized spelling of Madeline, with the -yn ending reflecting the broader trend of -lyn suffixes in American naming.
Nicknames
maddie
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Trendy spelling that will date more quickly than the classical Madeleine.
The cultural moment.
Peaked in the US around 2010 to 2015; declining as the -lyn trend cools.