Madrigal

Latin

"song for unaccompanied voices"

Madrigal Origin and Meaning

The name Madrigal is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "song for unaccompanied voices".

Madrigal might be a pretty and highly distinctive choice for a child of a musical family--or for the parent looking for a less conventional path to the nickname Maddie than Madeline or Madison . Definitely more striking than Cadence or even the increasingly popular Aria.

The word madrigal refers both to a medieval short lyrical poem and a form of vocal chamber music that originated in the Italian Renaissance. And on a compoletely different note, you may have heard it on the TV show Breaking Bad as the name of an industrial conglomerate.

Madrigal Popularity

• 1817 Nameberry 2024

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Famous People Named Madrigal

• Alessandro Madrigal Daily Show correspondent
• Thelma Madrigal Mexican actress

Madrigal in Pop Culture

• Madrigal 'poetaster, and jeerer' in Ben Jonson's play 'The Staple of News' (1631)
• Madrigal protagonist in Laini Taylor's 'Daughter of Smoke and Bone' novels
• Miss Madrigal 'companion,governess with a past' in Enid Bagnold's 1955 play 'The Chalk Garden'
• Anna Madrigal character in Armistead Maupin's 'Tales of the City' (1978), et seq
• Madrigal branch of the Cahill family in the children's book series 'The 39 Clues' derived from the name of ancestress Madeleine.
• Madrigal one of the main characters in Caroline B. Cooney's young adult novel 'Twins' (1997).
• Queen Madrigal of Antiva background character in the role,playing video game series Dragon Age.