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Magdalena

Greek
"from Magdala"
Clare Green
By Clare Green
Updated Mon Jul 14 2025

Magdalena Origin and Meaning

The name Magdalena is a girl's name of Greek, Czech origin meaning "from Magdala".

Magdalena is a pretty name forever associated with the fallen-yet-redeemed Mary Magdalen; often heard in the Hispanic community. But forward thinking parents are reviving Magdalena along with Magdalene and the unrelated but similar-sounding Marguerite.

# 838 in the US

Magdalena Rank in US Top 1000

# 517 on Nameberry

Magdalena Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Popularity of the name Magdalena

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Famous People Named Magdalena

  • Magdalena of Valois
    Princess of France, sister of Louis XI of France
  • Magdalena Frackowiak
    Polish fashion model
  • Magdalena Lewy
    Boulet (born 1973), American runner
  • Magdalena Maleeva (b. 1975)
    Bulgarian tennis player
  • Magdalena Schneider
    Austrian actress
  • Magdalena Jasek
    Polish model
  • Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon
    birth name of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo
  • Magdalena Augusta
    Princess of Anhalt,Zerbst, Duchess of Saxe,Gotha,Altenburg; grandmother of George III of the UK
  • Magdalena Reuss (Magdalene Pauline) of Köstritz
    Princess consort of Hubertus of Prussia
  • Magdalena Abakanowicz
    Polish sculpturer and painter
  • Magdalena Cielecka
    Polish actress
  • Magdalena Pokora aka Magda Femme
    Polish singer
  • Magdalena Fularczyk
    Polish rower
  • Magdalena Ewa Gąsior
    Marek, Polish politician
  • Magdalena Daria Gessler
    Polish restaurateur
  • Magdalena Jaworska
    Polish journalist, Miss Polonia 1984
  • Magdalena Kemnitz
    Polish rower
  • Magdalena Lamparska
    Polish actress
  • Magdalena Anna Leciejewska
    Polish basketball player
  • Magdalena Eriksson
    Swedish soccer player

The name Magdalena in Pop Culture

  • Magdalena "Lena
    " main character of Lauren Oliver's novel Delirium
  • Magdalena Wiik Ullstadius and Emilie
    Magdalena Ullstadius, characters in The dung,beetle flies at dusk by Maria Gripe
  • Magdalena
    one of Yunior's past loves in the novel, This Is How You Lose Her
  • Magdalena
    a type of Spanish muffin
  • Magdalena
    song by the rock band A Perfect Circle
  • Magdalena
    gypsy girl in the show The Finder
  • Magdalena
    a song by Brandon Flowers
  • Me and Magdalena
    a song by The Monkees

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