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Магдалена

Магдалена (Magdaléna) is a feminine given name from Latin. It is used in Belarusian and Bulgarian.

Belarusian and Bulgarian and RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Mahdaljena.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Магдалена comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Magdalena.

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Магдалена’s family of names

In Bulgarian usage, Магдалена has a diminutive in Ма́гда. In Bulgarian usage, Магдалена has a conventional equivalent in the German form Magdalena. In Bulgarian usage, Магдалена can be written in the Roman alphabet as Magdaléna.

Walk Магдалена’s family in the name graph

МагдаленаMagdalénaMahdaljenaMahdaljénaМа́гдаМа́гиMagdalenaMagdalene

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Магдалена has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

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6 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 3

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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