Magdalene - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Magdalene \m(a)-gdale-ne, mag-da-lene\ is a variant of Madeline (Hebrew) and Magdalena (Greek), and the meaning of Magdalene is "woman from Magdala". See also Alena and Marlene.

The baby name Magdalene sounds like Magdaline and Magdalen. Other similar baby names are Madalene, Mandaline, Magdeleine, Magdalini, Magdalina, Madelene, Madalena, Madaleine, Magdeline and Magdelena.

Magdalene is a very common first name for women (#1460 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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