Given name
Migdalia
“of the high tower”·“from the tower”
Migdalia is a feminine form of Migdal. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the tower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Migdalia carries the interpretation “of the high tower.” Migdalia is a feminine form of Migdal. One Hebrew interpretation is “from the tower.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Migdalia is used as a feminine counterpart of Migdal.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Migdalia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,303
- 5 boys · 4,298 girls
- Most popular year
- 1961
- 229 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,638 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,638 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 229 in 1961. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 8,110 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.
Migdalia’s family of names
Migdalia is a feminine form of Migdal. Migdalia has a related form in Migdala. Migdalia has a related form in Migdalea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Migdallialikely variant
- Migdaliyahvariant
- Migdaliyavariant
- Migdalgadvariant
- Migdaleahvariant
- Migdaliahvariant
- Migdaleavariant
- Migdallavariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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