The baby name Madra is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAD-rah (IPA: /ˈmædrə/; Irish approx. /ˈmɑːd̪ɾə/).
Madra is Irish in Origin.
The baby name Madra is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAD-rah (IPA: /ˈmædrə/; Irish approx. /ˈmɑːd̪ɾə/).
Madra is Irish in Origin.
Madra is a cross-cultural given name with several credible roots. In Irish (Gaeilge), madra is the everyday noun for “dog,” so as a modern given name it carries connotations of loyalty and guardianship; however, it has little traditional use as a personal name. In South Asia, Madra names the ancient Indo-Aryan tribe and kingdom referenced in Vedic and epic sources, making it an ethnonymic place-name used occasionally as a modern first or middle name. In Polish, Mądra (dropping the diacritic to Madra) means “wise” in the feminine and appears as a surname that can be transferred to given-name use.
Meaning varies by source: Irish “dog,” Sanskritic ethnonym “of the Madra people/land,” or Polish “wise.” Variants and related forms include the transliterated Mādra, the Sanskrit feminine Mādrī (Madri), and Polish Mądra; nicknames Mads or Dra. Usage today is rare but pan-European and South Asian.
Madra is far from common. We count 37 recorded uses of it across 16 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BG | Boys | 0 | #220 | 1 | 3,850 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #697 | 1 | 13,071 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,013 | 2 | 25,931 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,180 | 3 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| DZ | 0 | #1,233 | 2 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,234 | 3 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,270 | 3 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,685 | 7 | 28,008 |
Madra is popular in 16 countries — most recent births per country:
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