Madison

[sarahness.livejournal.com]

So I was thinking of the name "Madison" today, for some odd reason, trying to remember who or what happened that made this name so popular in the past few years. After pondering for a few moments, I gave up and decided to bring it up here.

The first Madison I can remember was my geography teacher's newborn daughter back in 1999 (Madison & Michael - twins). At first I thought Madison was a boy, and I was (just) alright with the name, but when I heard she was a little girl I couldn't believe that she'd name her DAUGHTER Madison.

Well, since then, I've heard it countless times ONLY on girls and I still hate the name. Sounds masculine to me, and I'll always think of it as a last name.

When did you guys first hear the name and what did you think of it? And why in the world do you think it got so popular so quickly? I think it's such an odd name.

Comments

[ghetto-lonetto.livejournal.com]

I didn't hear the name until 2002, when my little cousin Madison was born. I was like, why is she named after a city in Wisconsin? I pretty much just chalked it up to her mom being a little strange, and I didn't realize it was quite so massively popular til later. I like the name, actually, but that could just be because she's an awesome kid. And I used to live in Wisconsin.