Magdalen - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Magdalen \m(a)-gda-len, mag-dalen\ is a variant of Madeline (Hebrew) and Magdalena (Greek), and the meaning of Magdalen is "woman from Magdala".

The baby name Magdalen sounds like Magdalene, Magdalini, Magdaline, Magdalina, Magdala and Magdelena. Other similar baby names are Madlen, Madalyn, Madalene, Madalena, Mandalyn and Mandalin.

Magdalen is a somewhat common first name for women (#3026 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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