Madison in Chinese
How to write Madison in Chinese, how to say it, and real Chinese names picked for it.
Madison, written by sound
麦迪逊
Màidíxùn
- 麦mài
- 迪dí
- 逊xùn
This is how Madison is written by sound: in the news, on maps and in translated books. Each character is there for its sound, so their meanings don't add up to anything.
But it isn't a Chinese name. Chinese parents choose a name for what it means, like the ones below.
Real Chinese names for Madison
None of these sounds quite like Madison, but each one is a real name Chinese parents give, with a meaning of its own. Tap the buttons to hear a character, watch it written, or write it yourself.
Classic name
梦瑶Mèngyáo
a dream of precious jade
mèng
dream
yáo
precious jade
Classic name
美琳Měilín
beautiful jade
měi
beautiful
羊sheep大big
Commonly explained as a big sheep, once the finest thing you could have: good, and so beautiful.
lín
fine jade
Classic name
美琪Měiqí
beautiful jade
měi
beautiful
羊sheep大big
Commonly explained as a big sheep, once the finest thing you could have: good, and so beautiful.
qí
fine jade
Stroke order follows the mainland China standard; a few characters are written differently in Taiwan.
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How Chinese names work
The family name comes first, and it is almost always one character: 王 Wáng, 李 Lǐ, 林 Lín. A few have two, like 欧阳 Ōuyáng.
The given name follows: one or two characters, chosen for what they mean. A virtue, a flower, a wish from the parents.
So with a family name in front, 梦瑶 becomes a full name such as 林梦瑶 (Lín Mèngyáo).
About the name Madison
In the US, Madison was the 2nd most popular girls’ name of the 2000s. In 2025 it is number 40. In England and Wales it was number 235 in 1996 and is number 175 in 2025.
Sources: US Social Security Administration, Office for National Statistics (UK).