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Magdalena

What does Magdalena mean?

Magdalena Pronunciation of Magdalena as a girls' name is pronounced mag-da-LEE-nah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Magdalena is "woman from Magdala". Biblical: Mary Magdalene came from the Magdala area near the sea of Galilee. Also form of Madeline.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Mag-, -na

ASSOCIATED WITH greek, biblical, sea

Variations

VARIANTS Magdalen, Magdalene, Magdelena, Magdeline

SEE ALSO Alena, Magda

RELATIONS VIA MAGDALENE Magdalina, Magdaline, Magdalini, Magdeleine, Magdelina

CREATIVE FORMS
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(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Magdalena Sky (M.S.), ..

How popular is Magdalena?

Magdalena is a very prominent first name for females (#703 out of 4276, Top 16%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#74164 out of 150436, Top 49%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Magdalena reached its apex rank of #367 in the U.S. in the 1880s, and is at #1046 presently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Magdalena name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Magdalena outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular varying forms of Magdalena (#1046 IN 2018) listed in the Top 2000 are Alena (#736), Madeline (#100), Magda, Magdalen, Magdalene (#1694) and Magdaline. Other variants, like Magdelina, are seldom used. Usage of these relations of Magdalena reached its most widespread in the year 1998 (AVERAGE #1376) and is somewhat less today (#1368, DOWN 40.6%). Madeline is the firm favorite, although Alena seems to be becoming a favorite too.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Magdalena, Alena, Madeline, Magda, Magdalen in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Magdalene, Magdaline in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Madeline outside U.S.

Similar Names

Recommended sound-alike names are Adalena, Fredalena, Madalaina, Madaleine, Madalena, Madalene, Madalyn, Madalynn, Maddelena, Madelena, Madelene, Madelina, Madena, Madlen, Magaley, Magdala, Magdolna, Malena, Mandalin (see Mandoline), Mandaline, Mandalyn, Mandalynn, Maralina, Marialena, Marielena, Marilena, Marlena, Marsalina, Maydena, Migdalia and Migdalla (see Migdalia). These names tend to be less commonly used than Magdalena.

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