Madeleine

From French Madeleine. Doublet of Magdalene.

Madeleine

1. A female given name from French.
   • 1967, Joan G. Robinson, When Marnie Was There, HarperCollins, published 2014, →ISBN, page 185:

     "We've been making up the most glamorous names for you, Marguerite and Marlene and Madeleine―"
     "And Melanie and Marianne and Marietta," put in Jane.

Inherited from Latin Magdalēna. Doublet of Magdaléna.

• IPA^(key): /mad.lɛn/

• Audio:

  (file)

Madeleine f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Magdalene
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling, Madame Bovary: Part II, Chapter III::

     — M. Léon, disait le pharmacien, avec qui j’en causais l’autre jour, s’étonne que vous ne choisissiez point Madeleine, qui est excessivement à la mode maintenant.
     Mais la mère Bovary se récria bien fort sur ce nom de pécheresse.

     "Monsieur Leon," said the chemist, "with whom I was talking about it the other day, wonders you do not chose Madeleine. It is very much in fashion just now."
     But Madame Bovary, senior, cried out loudly against this name of a sinner.

• Marie-Madeleine

• [1] MeilleursPrénoms, based on INSEE data: 144 594 females named Madeleine in France in 1900 - 2009, with the popularity peak in 1920. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.

Borrowed from French Madeleine. Doublet of Magdalena.

• Audio:

  (file)

Madeleine f (proper noun, genitive Madeleines or Madeleine, plural Madeleines)

1. a female given name

Madeleine f (genitive Madeleine, plural Madeleines) or
Madeleine n (strong, genitive Madeleines, plural Madeleines)

1. madeleine (small cake)

• Madeleine-Effekt

• Magdalena

• Madelen

From French Madeleine.

Madeleine

1. a female given name

• Magdalena
• Malene
• Malin

• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 1785 females with the given name Madeleine living in Norway on January 1st 2011. Accessed on March 29th 2011.

• Madelene

From French Madeleine. First recorded as a Swedish name in 1788.

• Audio:

  (file)

Madeleine c (genitive Madeleines)

1. a female given name

• Magdalena
• Malin

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån: 21 874 females with the given name Madeleine living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010. Accessed on March 29th, 2011.