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[Intro]
(Female Host) Unisex names are always cool.
Take, for example, the name Madison.
(Male) Madison is a great name for either a boy or a girl. It originated as a
last name, the definitive example being President James Madison.
(Female Host) It gained popular status as a female name in the mid 1980s
after the movie Splash premiered.
(Male) That's the one with Darryl Hannah?
(Female Host) Yup! She played a mermaid who, after finding herself in New
York City, named hersef after the first street sign she say.
(Male) Madison Avenue!
(Female Host) You got it.
(Male) Another influence may have been the incredible Robert James Waller
book titled The Bridges of Madison County.
(Female Host) Which was an awesome movie with Clint Eastwood.
(Male) And there's even a dance. You literally spell out the name
Madison with dance steps.
(Female Host) And going back even further, in the middle ages it literally
meant "son of Matthew."
(Male) For some traditional names like Matthew click up top!
(Female Host) Or if you're feeling lucky, try rolling the dice
with the randomizer down below!