{"id":18874,"date":"2024-12-15T14:24:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T14:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=18874"},"modified":"2026-09-21T13:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T13:41:35","slug":"is-maddox-a-biblical-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/is-maddox-a-biblical-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Maddox in the Bible? No, It Is a Welsh Surname Meaning &#8220;Son of Madoc&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>No one named Maddox appears in the Bible. Maddox is a Welsh surname meaning &quot;son of Madoc,&quot; from the Welsh mad, &quot;good&quot; or &quot;fortunate.&quot; As a first name it is recent: it joined the 1,000 most common American boys&#039; names in 2003, the year after Angelina Jolie gave it to her adopted son. What does Maddox mean in the Bible? Maddox has no meaning in the Bible, because the name is not there. No translation contains it, and it has\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? Sign in<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"cppw-paywall__microcopy\">Enjoy unlimited access, cancel anytime.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maddox is not in the Bible: it is a Welsh surname meaning &quot;son of Madoc,&quot; from the Welsh mad, &quot;good, fortunate,&quot; and a first name only since the 2000s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[221],"class_list":["post-18874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education","series-names-and-their-biblical-meanings"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21928,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/de\/learn\/is-merrick-in-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":18874,"position":0},"title":"Is Merrick in the Bible? 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