Magdaléna

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a female given name, equivalent to English Magdalene

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Magdaléna is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country, where it is the 24th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 88(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 484
  • CZCzechia1 in 495

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Poland (measured from records)

434,117 people, 2026

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
347 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 88 (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

MagdalénaLatin(measured from records)
МагдалинаCyrillic(measured from records)
מגדלנהHebrew(measured from records)
მაგდალენაGeorgian(measured from records)
ΜαγδαλεναGreek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Magdalena in PL Poland, US United States, ES Spain and 5 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a female given name, equivalent to English Magdalene

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Magdaléna counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Magdaléna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PL Poland#24434,1171 in 88434KMagdalena254
TZ Tanzania#426≈76,000 est.≈1 in 772—Magdalena23
PH Philippines#867≈53,000 est.≈1 in 2.1K—Magdalena64
US United States—34,0741 in 9.8K34KMagdalena347
ES Spain—30,1671 in 1.7K32KMagdalena88
CZ Czechia#15221,6261 in 49522KMagdalena111
SE Sweden#18321,0851 in 48421KMagdalena90
HR Croatia#1636,1191 in 6916.4KMagdalena86

434,117 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); MVČR — living population register 2017; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Magdaléna is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Belgium, United States, Spain

    Also written Magdalena, Magda-Lena, Magdalèna, Magda-Léna

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Magdalenä, Magdalena, Magdalēna

  • Spanish given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Chile

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

    Also written Magdalena, Magdaleña, Mágdalena, Mägdälenä, Magdalèna

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Peru

    Also written Magdalena, Magdalena', 'Magdalena

16 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Magdaléna Štrompachová, b. 1919Magdaléna Hajóssyová, b. 1946Magdaléna Peniašteková, b. 1949Magdaléna Roháčová, b. 1955Magdaléna Peterková, b. 1958Magdaléna Sidonová, b. 1970Magdaléna Platzová, b. 1972Magdaléna Pantůčková, b. 1999Magdaléna Jehlářová, b. 2000

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Magdaléna
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—18K#146
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—9K#165
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—9K#165
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—33#3,029
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)202633#3,030
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2024—#34
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2023—#30
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2022—#34
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2019—#34
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2018—#35
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2017—#35
CZ CzechiaCZSO — 100 nejčetnějších dětských jmen (top 100 baby names 2024)2016—#32

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Magdaléna mean, and where does it come from?
a female given name, equivalent to English Magdalene Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Magdaléna a male or female name?
Magdaléna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Magdaléna?
In the etymology graph, Lena, Magali and Madeline are forms of the same name in other languages; Magda and Alena are recorded short or pet forms.
In which country does Magdaléna have the most bearers?
In Poland, the national register counted about 434 thousand people named Magdaléna, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magdalena.
Where is Magdaléna most common?
Magdaléna is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 88 people carrying it.
How common is the name Magdaléna?
In Poland, the national register counted 434,117 people named Magdaléna in 2026, about 1 in 88 residents.
How common is Magdaléna compared with other names?
In Poland, Magdaléna is the 24th most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Magdaléna” — the 24th most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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