Given name

Maddelena

“woman from Magdala”

Maddelena is a variant of Madeline. One Hebrew interpretation is “woman from Magdala.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Maddelena is a variant of Madeline. One Hebrew interpretation is “woman from Magdala.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Maddelena is a variant of Madeline. An origin associated with Madeline is Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Maddelena through the years

Babies since 1880
12
0 boys · 12 girls
Most popular year
2017
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Maddelena in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2017–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 2017.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Maddelena’s family of names

Maddelena has a related form in Madeline.

Walk Maddelena’s family in the name graph

MaddelenaMadelineMadalenaMadeleneMadelenaMadelen

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

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

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

Across languages 4

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

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Sibling ideas

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