Magdalene

Meaning: Woman from Magdala
Origin: The town's name meant tower (from Hebrew via Greek)

Girl's name · #1345 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Magdalene belongs to an older America first — it reached #432 back in 1904 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1345. About 10,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#3,832 in Canada (2024).

Famous Magdalenes

Magdalene of Bavaria — Consort of Wolfgang William, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1587–1628)
Magdalene Sibylle of Holstein-Gottorp — Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp by birth and by marriage Duchess of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (1631–1719)
Magdalene Sibylle of Saxony — Princess of Denmark and Norway; Duchess consort of Saxe-Altenburg (1617–1668)
Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth — Electress of Saxony by marriage
Magdalene of Brandenburg — Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt

In stories & tradition

Magdalene Shaw^it — The Fate of the Furious (film)
Magdalene — The Binding of Isaac (video game)
Magdalene Nox — The Headmistress Series (novel series)

What Magdalenes become

Among 102 notable people named Magdalene:

Similar names: Magdalena · Isabell · Marlene · Arlene · Davie · Abilene

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