Given name
Maialen
“woman from Magdala”
Maialen is a variant of Madeline. One Hebrew interpretation is “woman from Magdala.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maialen is a variant of Madeline. One Hebrew interpretation is “woman from Magdala.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maialen 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 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maialen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 6 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 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maialen’s family of names
Maialen has a related form in Madeline. In Basque usage, Maialen has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Magdalena.
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Maialen
- Maialen ChourrautSpanish Basque kayakerborn 1983
- Maialen Lujanbiobertsolariborn 1976
- Maialen ZelaiaSpanish footballerborn 1988
- Chica SobresaltoSpanish singerborn 1994
- Maialen AxpeSpanish athletics competitorborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.