Given name & surname
Madina
“woman from Magdala”
Madina is a variant of Madeline. One Hebrew interpretation is “woman from Magdala.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Madina is a variant of Madeline. One Hebrew interpretation is “woman from Magdala.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Madina is a variant of Madeline. An origin associated with Madeline is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From West Circassian Мадинэ, from East Circassian Мадинэ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1966. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Madina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,541
- 0 boys · 1,541 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 85 babies
- 2025
- 79
- #2,314 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +22%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 79 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,314 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (18). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,521 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 27,422 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Madina’s family of names
Madina has a related form in Madeline.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Madina
- Madina TaimazovaRussian judoka (1999-)
- Madina GulgunAzerbaijani poet (1926-1991)
- Madina NalwangaUgandan actressborn 2000
- Madina MemetChinese actressborn 1987
- Madina MumtozUzbek singer and actressborn 1990
- Madina QiyasbayliAzerbaijani educator and translator1889–1937
- Madina AknazarovaTajikistani singerborn 1998
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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