Madrid

ma-DREEDH (Spanish); muh-DRID (English); ma-DREED (Italian, French)

Place name, Spanish, Arabic, Latin

"watercourse, channel; source of the river"

Madrid Origin and Meaning

The name Madrid is a girl's name meaning "watercourse, channel; source of the river".

An underused place name with a sunny, stylish air, the capital city of Spain could provide a totally unexpected route to favorite nickname Maddie. While the exact origins of the name are unknown, possibilities include that it comes from the Arabic majrā meaning "watercourse, water stream", the Latin matrix meaning "source of a river" or the Celtic magetoritum meaning "ford". Whichever root you choose to follow then, the name has a watery connection.