Meaning and background
The story behind Maddox
Maddox moved from a Welsh surname into modern English given-name use. Its surname construction means “son of Madoc”, and the older Welsh personal name Madoc derives from an element associated with “good” or “fortunate”, not an independent word for a king. The x ending gives it a crisp finish, and the customary English pronunciation is “MAD-əks”. The family-name and given-name histories should be kept in that order.
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About Maddox
Recorded as a dog’s name
Maddox appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/mædəks/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/mædəks/ · primary stress on syllable 1M AE1 D AH0 K S
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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