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Madison is a surname of English origin, which has become a popular given name in the United States. Madison, commonly spelled Maddison in Northeastern England, is a variant of ''Mathieson'', meaning ''son of Matthew'', although possibly occasionally standing for ''son of Maddy'', where ''Maddy'' is a pet form of ''Maud''. Madison is also used as a given name.name, it has become popular for girls in recent decades. Its rise is generally attributed to the 1984 release of the movie ''Splash''. From a practically non-existent girl's name before 1985, Madison rose to being the second-most-popular name given to female babies in 2001.〔("Popular Baby Names" ). Social Security Administration.〕 It has since declined in popularity as a girl's name, however, slipping to seventh place by 2009.〔 As a masculine given name, Madison can be found within the top 1,000 names for boys in the United States up until about 1952. Madison returned to the top 1,000 ranked boy's names in 1987, remaining there through 1999, and it also was the 858th-most-common boys' name in 2004, but it remains uncommon as a boy's given name.〔 ==Surname== *James Madison, fourth President of the United States *Dolley Madison, the wife of James Madison *George Madison, the Governor of Kentucky *Guy Madison, an actor *Helene Madison, a swimmer *Holly Madison, an American model *James Madison (bishop), the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, the eighth president of the College of William and Mary, a cousin of the President of the United States (James Madison) *James G. Madison, known as the Mad Hatter (bank robber), a convicted bank robber in New Jersey *James Jonas Madison, a U.S. Navy commander *James Madison, Sr., the father of the American President *Joe Madison, a political activist *Keith Madison, American college baseball coach *Kelly Madison, a pornographic film actress *Lucy Foster Madison, an American novelist *Martha Madison, an actress *Sam Madison, an American football player *Talia Madison, an alternate ring name of American professional wrestler Jamie Szantyr (born 1981), best known as Velvet Sky *Tianna Madison, an American athlete *David Madison, an American baseball player 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Madison (name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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