Madoka Kaname

Official Info

An average eighth-grader, the kind you could find anywhere. Even her bow-wielding magical girl form projects an air of kind friendliness. Her choker bears an impressively-sized red gem.
Ms. Aoki’s Design Check!: I drew her keeping in mind that as the main character she needs to be average, but also an exceptionally good girl. Hence her puffy, high-placed twin tails. The design and color of her ribbons took a lot of work, but in the end calmed down to something simple.
Magical girl outfit: Madoka was drawn to be the very image of a magical girl. I added an almost fairytale-ish hints, so hopefully female viewers will be charmed by her as well. (Aoki)
Full of tiny frills, with ribbons arranged at the neck, waist, and on the shoes. It’s perfectly “cute”, and seemingly unsuited for combat, but…
School uniform: Designed to convey the classy image of a private girls’ school, while not being -too- normal. Its distinguishing point is the small hole at the nape of the neck. (Aoki)
Of the heroines shown here, Madoka has the most childish body. Her legs are clad in pure, virginal white over-knee socks.
Kyuubey, Homura and Mami confirmed that Madoka has great magical potential.

The first character of her last name (鹿) means "deer". The last character (目) means "eye."
Her last name can also be used as a first name.
Her last name sounds same as (要) the word means "keystone" or "hub".
Her first name is written in hiragana, which has no particular meaning. However, when written in kanji, it can mean "round" or "tranquil" (円).
Madoka has many stuffed animals similar in appearance to Kyuubey in her room.