Madrigal
Latin
"song for unaccompanied voices"Madrigal Origin and Meaning
The name Madrigal is 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.
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
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Famous People Named Madrigal
- Alessandro MadrigalDaily Show correspondent
- Thelma MadrigalMexican actress
Madrigal in Pop Culture
- Madrigal'poetaster, and jeerer' in Ben Jonson's play 'The Staple of News' (1631)
- Madrigalprotagonist 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 Madrigalcharacter 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 ancestressMadeleine.
- Madrigalone of the main characters in Caroline B. Cooney's young adult novel 'Twins' (1997).
- Queen Madrigal of Antivabackground character in the role,playing video game series Dragon Age.