boy name · Source-indexed record
Madan
مدن
Name of the tutor of the family of Ziyad ibn Abih at Basrah and then at Kufah, he was called al-fil because of the elephant his master had given.
- Arabic spelling
- مدن
- Pronunciation
- MAH-dahnAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- ArabicLinguistic inference
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- M
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Madan
Madan is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “Name of the tutor of the family of Ziyad ibn Abih at Basrah and then at Kufah, he was called al-fil because of the elephant his master had given.”. Its origin label is inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.