Names like Maddox
Maddox is a two-syllable Welsh name that ends in -ox. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same roots
Also Welsh names, from the tradition Maddox comes from.
Maddux Welsh · Welsh surname meaning 'son of Madoc'; popularized by baseball pitcher Greg Maddux
Bowen Welsh · surname, "son of Owen"
Brycen Welsh · modern variant of Bryce, meaning son of Rhys
Emry Welsh · variant of Emrys/Emery, traditionally 'ruler'
The same feel
Also modern and surname style names.
Lennox Scottish · place name/surname, "place of elm trees"
Landon English · "long hill," a place name turned surname turned first name; it rode the 2000s wave of two-syllable boys' names ending in -n and outlasted many of them. Newer than it sounds, easygoing as they come
Ryker Dutch · surname-style, likely from rijker, "richer, more powerful"
Colton English · "coal town," or "Cola's town," an Old English place name and surname; it joined the 2000s wave of -n boys' names with a western, denim-jacket ease that kept it around after the wave receded. Colt is the built-in short form
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 2020s, the same decade as Maddox, on a similar curve.
Dilan Welsh · variant of Dylan, Welsh for 'son of the sea'
Talan Welsh · modern coinage, possibly linked to the Welsh saint's name Talan or the word 'talent'
Daylan Welsh · modern coinage, phonetic variant of Dylan, traditionally 'son of the sea'
Tristyn Welsh · modern respelling of Tristan, an Arthurian-legend name of uncertain Celtic origin
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