Made

• Indonesian:/mˈadə/○(machine-generated) model-generated

Readings marked model-generated were transcribed by a model; the others are quoted from the dictionary named.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Made is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name35 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, Germany, Malaysia

  Languages: English, German, French

  Also written Maede, Madé, Mäde, Maédé, Mae-De

• Spanish given name26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Spain, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Madé, Ma-De, Madê, Mãdë, Mádé

• a separate name4 spellings in the group

  Also written Madè, Mäde, Madé

• Polish given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland

  Also written Mádę

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Made is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In men, v., to raise up, to elevate to a higher pitch of voice. Bi w6i made. To thatch, pelei made

  as a word·Vocabulary of the Mende Language

• In Estonian, a female given name derived from biblical Magdaleena (“Magdalene”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In pi, inflection of mada (“intoxication”):

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In nkr, dead (of plants only); numb, paralyzed; go out (of a fire)

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Latin, second-person singular present active imperative of madeō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Ida Bagus Madeb. 1915IDIndonesian artist (1915–1999)
• Mudlumb. 1966EEnot in their usual nameEstonian writer (born 1966)
• Made Deya Surya Saraswatib. 1998IDbadminton player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

43 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 24 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Made mean, and where does it come from?

from the personal name Maciej, vernacular derivative of Latin Matthaeus (see Matthew). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.

How do you pronounce Made?

In Indonesian /mˈadə/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Made a male or female name?

Made is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

Which countries have the most people named Made?

Mondonomo estimates about 119 thousand people named Made in Indonesia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled made. After it come India, Ecuador, United States and Malaysia; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Made?

In the United States, the national register counted 295 people named Made in 2020, about 1 in 1.1 million residents.

How common is Made compared with other names?

In Indonesia, Made is the 64th most common given name of 270,909 given names recorded there.