Given name & surname
Magna
“having great strength”
Magna is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “having great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “having great strength.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In Icelandic usage, Magna is a feminine form of Magni.
The story
First recorded in 1310.
Magna’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Magna is a feminine form of Magni. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Magna has a related form in Magni.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Magna
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