Magdalena

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Female Female Name

Usage

Old Norse Old Norse
Old Swedish Old Swedish
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Iceland Icelandic
Faroe Islands Faroese

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Origin and Meaning

Latin form of Μαγδαληνη (Magdalene) which is a Greek form of a Hebrew epithet:

Greek Μαρια Μαγδαληνη (Maria Magdalene) = 'Maria of (the town) Magdala' [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

The place name derives from Hebrew מגדל (migdal) = 'tower'

See also -lena

Related Names

Magdaleena
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Magdalen
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Magdalena
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Danish Faroese Finish Icelandic Norwegian Old Norse Old Swedish Swedish
Magðalena
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Icelandic
Magdalene
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Danish Finish Greenlandic Norwegian Old Danish Swedish
Magdelena
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Magdelene
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Magdlena
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Maglena
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Swedish

See also Alena, Lena, Maddalena, Magda, Magdali, Magdaline, Magdelone, Magdolna, Magla, Magli, Maktaleena, Madeleine, Malena, Malin, Malla, Mátalîna

For male forms see Magdalius, Magdalon

Matronyms [What's That?]

Male

Magdalenuson Faroe Islands Iceland

Female

Magdalenudóttir Faroe Islands Iceland

Grammar

Denmark - Danish
Nominative: Magdalena
Genitive: Magdalenas
Faroe Islands - Faroese
Nominative: Magdalena
Accusative: Magdalenu
Dative: Magdalenu
Genitive: Magdalenu
Finland - Finnish
Nominative: Magdalena
Genitive: Magdalenan
Partitive: Magdalenaa
Iceland - Icelandic
Nominative: Magdalena
Accusative: Magdalenu
Dative: Magdalenu
Genitive: Magdalenu
Norway - Norwegian
Nominative: Magdalena
Genitive: Magdalenas
Sweden - Swedish
Nominative: Magdalena
Genitive: Magdalenas

Name Days

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

22 July

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

22 July

Sweden Sweden

22 July

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Strongest Period of Usage

Predominant Regional Usage

Namesakes

Trivia

  • Sweden: In January 1973, 7,381 people were named Magdalena (percentage of first or only given name: 8 %) [10]

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
as
main
name#
also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[12]
5741 20833 5741 20828 0 5
Finland Finland[13]
n.a.
2305
n.a.
2305 0 0
Denmark Denmark[14]
786
n.a.
786
n.a.
0
n.a.
Iceland Iceland[15]
345 547
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[16]
0 6
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[17]
1684
n.a.
1684
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Magdalena (f) Sources: [12][14][17][13]

Top List Ranking

Name top list ranking for Magdalena (f) Sources: [18]

Norwegian Historic Statistics Trend

Norwegian historic statistics for Magdalena (f)

Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Magdalena (f) in Sweden in the year 1880. Swedish Regional Distribution for Magdalena (f)


References

  1. Árni Dahl: Navnabókin (2005)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Den store navnebog (2004)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Michael Lerche Nielsen: Hvad skal barnet hedde? (2003)
  7. Mannanafnaskrá at island.is, http://www.island.is
  8. Málráðið: Góðkend fólkanøvn, http://www.malrad.fo/ (Name List by Faroese Language Board)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Sture Allén/Staffan Wåhlin: Förnamnsboken (1979)
  11. © Nordic Names (Swedish Statistics - Regional Distribution)
  12. 12.0 12.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  13. 13.0 13.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  14. 14.0 14.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  15. Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  16. Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
  17. 17.0 17.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  18. details see Name Statistic tables