Girl · Hebrew or Aramaic, through Greek
Maddalena
Say it: mad-dah-LEH-nah
Meaning
From Magdalene, 'woman from Magdala', a town on the Sea of Galilee whose name comes from a word for 'tower'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 754 babies given this name since 1916
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 50,900 girls
- 27 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Madeleine |
|---|---|
| French | Madeleine |
| Spanish | Magdalena |
| German | Magdalena |
Famous bearers
- Mary Magdalene
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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