Magdalene

Spelling variation of Magdalen
"woman from Magdala or high tower"

Magdalene Origin and Meaning

The name Magdalene is a girl's name of Aramaic, English origin meaning "woman from Magdala or high tower".

This name made famous in the New Testament has gone from crusty grandma to sleek and chic in recent years, or is it months? The name's image is perhaps helped by the fact that Mary Magdalene was one of the most intriguing women inthe Bible, both a saint and a sinner.

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Famous People Named Magdalene

  • Mary Magdalene
    Biblical follower of Jesus
  • Saint Magdalene of Canossa
    Italian nun
  • Magdalene Anyango Namakhiya Odundo
    Kenyan,British potter
  • (Anna) Magdalene Thoresen
    Danish,Norwegian poet and playwright
  • Magdalene Fischer
    one of the first surviving American quintuplets
  • Laura Magdalene Eisenhower
    great,granddaughter of US President Dwight D. Eisenhower

The name Magdalene in Pop Culture

  • Magdalene Defoe
    the real name of Blind Mag from Repo! The Genetic Opera
  • Magdalene
    a song by Akira Yamaoka
  • Magdalene College
    Cambridge (pronounced maud,lin)
  • Magdalene
    Main character in the Fallen book series
  • Magdalene "Lena" Dead
    character in Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
  • Magdalene Druckeryn
    Secondary protagonist of the game Pentiment

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