Madison in Cursive

Madison in cursive is ℳ𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓈ℴ𝓃. Two letters, the capital ℳ and the ℴ, were in Unicode before the rest of the script set. The ℳ is the bigger visual change, because it is the first thing anyone reads. If yours looks out of step with the other letters, switch to the bold script 𝓜𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓼𝓸𝓷.

With a double d, Maddison becomes ℳ𝒶𝒹𝒹𝒾𝓈ℴ𝓃, and the nickname Maddie is ℳ𝒶𝒹𝒹𝒾ℯ.

Madison has a capital M with three humps and an n with two, so the name begins and ends on the same rounded rhythm. Match the hump height in both and it looks deliberate.

In the middle, the d is the only tall letter. Trace its stem up and back down instead of looping it, so it reads as a d and not as an a and an l. The o ends with a short stroke at the middle of the line, so begin the n from up there.

Madison started as an English surname, a form of Mathieson, "son of Matthew". It may also come from "son of Maddy", a pet form of Maud. For a long time it was used, rarely, as a boy's name.

Everything changed after the 1984 film Splash, in which a mermaid picks the name Madison. The name was almost unknown for girls before 1985. By 2001 it was the second most popular girls' name in the United States. In 2024 it ranked 46th.