Maddalena
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning of magdala or tower; a form of Magdalene.
Maddalena by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Maddalena. In the US, 28 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 35 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Magdalene
Like Maddalena, each of these traces back to Magdalene: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Madelinefrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene2,938 in the US (2017)
- Madelynnwoman of Magdala; a form of Magdalene685 in the US (2017)
- Madalynwoman from magdala; a form of Magdalene448 in the US (2017)
- Marlenebeloved; a form of Magdalene191 in the US (2017)
- Lenibright; a form of Helene or Magdalene78 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maddilynnwoman from Magdala; a modern respelling of Madelynn or Magdalene54 in the US (2017)
- Madalinefrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene41 in the US (2017)
- Magdalynfrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene24 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maddalena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Magdalenafrom magdala or tower275 in the US (2017)
- Madalenawoman from magdala; a form of magdalena5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maddelenawoman from magdala; a form of Magdalena7 in the US (2017)
- Magdalenefrom Magdala, a town in Galilee109 in the US (2017)
- Maddalynfrom magdala, of the tower; variant of magdalen or madeline45 in the US (2017)
- Maddalynnwoman from Magdala; a form of Magdalene or Madeline19 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maddalena
Names that are said the same way as Maddalena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Maddalena
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