Madla

Etymology
From, attested in genitive as and dative as. Likely related to terms such as 🇨🇬, and, relating to the morainic ground of the place. All of these ultimately derive from the root.

Attested as (1298),  (1347),  (1355),  (1563),  (1567),  (1606),  (1610),  (1616), Malde (1668), and finally Malde med Lien og Sandnes samt Kalvøen (1723). By 1915, it was spelled.