Madani

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Madan in IN India, PE Peru, AR Argentina and 9 more, Maden in TR Türkiye, CH Switzerland, BE Belgium, มาดาน in TH Thailand and Madhan in SE Sweden.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Madani is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Indonesian surname4.1K records spelled Madani5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia

  Also written Madani', Mådánį, Mädãnî

• a separate name1.9K records spelled Madani5 spellings in the group

  Also written Madanī, Maḏanī, Madānī, Madanî

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Madani is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, urbane, civilized

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• Refinado

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In Malay, civilised (advanced in terms of reasoning, spirituality and wealth, of a society or generation of people)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Indonesian, civic

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In mba, near

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 86 years between 1920–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ahmad Madanib. 1928IRIranian politician (1928–2006)
• Abassi Madanib. 1931DZAlgerian politician, the founder of the Islamic Salvation Front (1931–2019)
• Nizar Madanib. 1941SASaudi state minister for foreign affairs
• Abdul Azeez Madanib. 1950INIslamic scholar
• Ali Madanib. 1964IRIranian tennis player
• Proschat Madanib. 1967ATAustrian actress
• Tala Madanib. 1981USIranian-American painter (born 1981)
• Houari Manarb. 1981DZnot in their usual nameAlgerian rai singer
• Nawell Madanib. 1983BEBelgian humorist
• Abdelmalek Madanib. 1983DZAlgerian bicycle racer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 226 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Madani?

We estimate roughly 7.8 thousand people bear Madani (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Madani have the most bearers?

Madani is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled madan.

How common is Madani compared with other names?

In India, Madani is the 204th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

What does the name Madani mean?

Recorded meaning: from Arabic Madani, a term denoting a follower of a Sufi order, Madaniyya, established by Muhammad Hasan ibn Hamza al-Madani (died 1846).