Given name
Magdalina
“woman from Magdala”
Magdalina is a variant of Madeline. One Hebrew interpretation is “woman from Magdala.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Magdalina is a variant of Madeline. One Hebrew interpretation is “woman from Magdala.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Magdalina 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Magdalina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 127
- 0 boys · 127 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
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 9 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 360 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Magdalina’s family of names
Magdalina shares a linguistic root with Magdalene. Magdalina has a related form in Madeline. In Russian usage, Magdalina is a transliteration of Магдалина.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Magdalina
- Magdalina MinevskaBulgarian rhythmic gymnastborn 2005
- Magdalina StanchevaBulgarian archeologist (1924-2014)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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