Magda
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning woman from magdala; short form of Magdalene.
Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Magda by the numbers
Magda was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 77 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Magdalene
Like Magda, 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)
- Magdalenefrom Magdala, a town in Galilee109 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)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Magda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Names about as common as Magda
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