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The only Madison's Ive ever met have been girls. I much prefer it on a girl for that reason.
It just seems weird to me. I do think of Former President James Madison as well, tho.

I don't really like it on either gender. I mean I like it ok on myself, lol, but I've never thought it actually sounded all that nice. But, I would MUCH rather see it on a boy than yet another little girl. Give him a definitively masculine MN though. I work with a woman who has a son with the same name as me, first and middle =/ Granted, my MN is unisex but it also leans female and I know that her son already feels like he has a girls' name so the MN can't be helping

This message was edited 6/23/2012, 8:21 PM

I don't like it for girls, but I like it even less for boys. Madison has never really felt like a boy's name to me. It was used so sparingly as a male first name for most of the 20th century that, to me, Madison just sort of went straight from being a surname/place name/movie mermaid name that wasn't used much by anyone to mega-popular girl name almost overnight.

There was a male chef on Chopped named Madison. I think he was from Jamaica. (My mom watches the show, I've caught a few episodes.) I remember seeing that one of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemming's sons was also Madison. I know it's unisex now, but prefer it on a girl.

Love it!!

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Its horrible on a girl. Everytime I hear it I cringe.. and all the Madison's I know are prissy little snots! The two male Madison's I know are ultra masculine, really lovely guys! Their friends don't seem to think its girly either.

I'm not really a fan of the name to begin with, but I see it more as a girl's name. I've never known any boys named Madison, though, so that likely factors into it.

I absolutely prefer Madison for a boy. I prefer almost any name ending in -son on boys though. (w/the exception of Allison) I wish Madison never turned girl to begin with. But b/c it did I would never name my boy that. Though I don't disagree with others who want to name their boys Madison; it's just my preference.

I agree, it sounds presidential. I still like it for a girl, though. It goes both ways in my mind.

I don't really like it for either gender, but would rather see it on a boy because of its meaning. But the James Madison association, now that you mention it, does give it a more pleasant image.

This message was edited 6/23/2012, 2:39 PM

I think I'd way rather see it on a boy than on a girl. It's always seemed masculine to me, which is one of the objections I've always had to it as a girls' name. It's not something I'm wild about for a boy, but it doesn't shred my senses to bits the way it does as a girls' name.