Fun Facts About the Name Maadhav
- 22 babies named Maadhav: U.S. records list 22 babies given the name Maadhav from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Maadhav Mean?
Maadhav is a masculine name from Sanskrit, most literally meaning descendant of Madhu or of Madhu, and often interpreted as sweet as honey. It comes from the Sanskrit Mādhava (माधव), a derivative of madhu (मधु), which means honey or sweet. The suffix added to madhu creates a relational or patronymic adjective, so mādhava can mean belonging to Madhu or descended from Madhu. In epic tradition, Madhu is the name of an ancestral Yadava king, which supports the patronymic sense; the demon named Madhu is a separate figure, associated with the epithet Madhusudana, killer of Madhu. Because madhu also denotes honey, the name carries the secondary sense honey-sweet. In Hindu tradition, Mādhava is an epithet of Vishnu and Krishna and also a name for a spring month. A traditional devotional explanation sometimes derives Mādhava from mā, a name of Lakshmi, and dhava, lord, giving lord of Lakshmi; this is a later interpretive etymology rather than the name's historical formation from madhu. The spelling Maadhav uses a double a to represent the long ā of the Sanskrit form; common alternative transliterations are Madhav and Madhava.
Maadhav Name History & Origins
The Sanskrit Mādhava is an ancient epithet of Vishnu and Krishna. It appears in the Vishnu Sahasranama, the list of Vishnu's thousand names, and in the Bhagavad Gita, where Krishna is addressed as Madhava. The same word names one of the two spring months in the Hindu calendar, the pair being Madhu and Madhava. As a personal name, it appears in Indian history in figures such as Madhava of Sangamagrama, a 14th-century mathematician and astronomer from Kerala, and Madhavrao Peshwa, an 18th-century Maratha statesman. In Sanskrit, the full form Mādhava is retained; in modern Indo-Aryan languages such as Hindi, the final short a is usually dropped, yielding Madhav. The spelling Maadhav is an English transliteration that marks the long ā with aa. The name is distinct from Madhva (मध्व), the name of the 13th-century philosopher Madhvacharya, which has a different Sanskrit form.
How Popular is the Name Maadhav?
Maadhav has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #10,293 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,293 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #13,391 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #13,293 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #13,312 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Maadhav Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have psychic power. You can carry on for others with joy. You have a receptive nature and may bear burdens for others. You are pragmatic, thorough, strong-willed, practical and stubborn at times. You are hard working, often martyr to duty. You like home and security above all. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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