Magdalene
A girls’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning from Magdala, a town in Galilee.
Magdalene by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Magdalene. In the US, 109 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 199 babies in 1923, making it a 1920s name.
Names that come from Magdalene
Forms of Magdalene in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean 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)
- Maddalynnwoman from Magdala; a form of Magdalene or Madeline19 in the US (2017)
- Madalynewoman from magdala; a form of Magdalene12 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Magdalene. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Magdalenafrom magdala or tower275 in the US (2017)
- Magdalenwoman from Magdala19 in the US (2017)
- Madalenewoman from Magdala; a form of Magdalene10 in the US (2017)
- Magdalinewoman from magdala; variant of Magdalene5 in the US (2017)
- Madalinefrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene41 in the US (2017)
- Maddalenaof magdala or tower; a form of Magdalene28 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Magdalene
Names that are said the same way as Magdalene, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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