Comments for the name Maddox

Angelina Jolie has an adopted son named Maddox.

I very much like this name! It's just too bad that Madddox, the name, has been thrust so suddenly into pop-culture. It is now a rather "TryNdeE", but I would love to use it someday.

Maddox has grown on me. I like the Welsh names.

Great name but I think I prefer Madoc.

Very nice name, but I don't think I would use it. On another note, I find it odd that this name was until recently virtually unheard of, and only gained popularity after Angelina Jolie's adoption of little Maddox.

This is not a new name folks. It's a very old Welsh name that means son of the Lord. It's a very strong, very classic name. I named my son Maddox and get constant compliments on his name. I just love it.

Technically Madoc is the Old Welsh name. Maddox is a surname meaning "son of Madoc". The regular use of Maddox as a given name, as opposed to Madoc, is in fact quite recent.

The name of the outspoken internet personality.

I love this name. I know a kid named Maddox and it's pretty funny how much the actual meaning of the name 'son of Madoc' (madoc meaning fortune. Son of fortune) applies. I don't know if I'd use it, but it's certain it is a cool name.

This is the maiden name of my Grandmother. I think I'd really like to use it as a first name, but pop culture kind of ruins that. But anyway. I think it's a really great Welsh name! Use it to your heart's content!

I absolutely hate this name. I don't like the sound of it at all. It always makes me think of maggots. It's unfortunate that Angelina Jolie has inspired peoole to use this name, as her taste in names is clearly rubbish: Zahara Marley? Maddox? Shiloh Nouvel? Well, I hope the other ones don't catch on.

I have to agree with the previous comment. Angelina Jolie's taste in names is kinda wacky. I don't see why the name Maddox has gained so much popularity with people these days! It sounds awkward and clumsy.

I love this name! My cousin recently had twin boys who she named Maddox and Pascal, so I guess I'm a little biased. Anyway it doesn't matter if a celebrity named her adopted son this, it's still a great name.

It's a nice name, but it's becoming too popular since Angelina Jolie gave it to her adopted son.

Another site says that Maddox means good; generous. But anyway I'm not a fan of this name. It sounds awkward and what do you really call him (nickname) that is not so harsh to say. I don't know, maybe for a middle name.

Madox was a character in Michael Ondaatje's 1992 acclaimed novel 'The English Patient'. The novel was adapted into an award-winning film of the same name in 1996.

I'm surprised this hasn't been used more as a female name, because it seems that anything that can give a nickname of "Maddie" is immediately claimed as a girl's name. Maybe they haven't figured it out yet.

Yes, this is also a girl's name. Only the female variant is "Maddix".

Maddox was the name of a powerful warlock and one of Klaus' allys in season two of The Vampire Diaries.

It makes me think of "mad dogs and Englishmen".

Celebrity baby names that become popular are almost always bad, and this one is no exception. There is nothing good about this name, and the fact that it became popular because Angelina Jolie (ugh) named her adopted son this is even worse.