Magdalené
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mæɡdəlɛneɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Magdalené is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ancient Greek Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ, “woman from Magdala”), byname of the biblical Mary Magdalene, "Mary of Magdala", from Μαγδαλά (Magdalá), the name of a village on Lake Galilee (the name of whi.
- NGNigeria≈1 in 5.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 9.8Kas Magdalena
- NLNetherlands1 in 90K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Magdalené itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Poland (measured from records)
- 4 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 281 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.2K (inferred from the name graph)
434,117 named Magdalena, 2026
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Nigeria, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Magdalene in PL Poland, US United States, NG Nigeria and 1 more and Magdalena in ES Spain, SE Sweden, LA Laos.
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)- Ancient GreekΜαγδαληνήMagdalēnḗ“woman from Magdala”(measured from records)
- Hebrewמגדלmigdál“tower”(measured from records)
From Ancient Greek Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ, “woman from Magdala”), byname of the biblical Mary Magdalene, "Mary of Magdala", from Μαγδαλά (Magdalá), the name of a village on Lake Galilee (the name of which derives from Hebrew מגדל (migdál, “tower”)). Generic use comes from the traditional association of Mary Magdalene with the "woman which was a sinner" mentioned in Luke 7:37. Doublet of Madeleine.
Cited for this meaning 2
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Magdalené 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | — | 434,117as Magdalena | 1 in 88 | 434K | Magdalene | 3 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈41,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | — | Magdalene | 53 |
| US United States | — | 34,074as Magdalena | 1 in 9.8K | 34K | Magdalene | 281 |
| ES Spain | — | 30,167as Magdalena | 1 in 1.7K | 32K | Magdalena | 13 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 21,626as Magdalena | 1 in 495 | 22K | — | — |
| SE Sweden | — | 21,085as Magdalena | 1 in 484 | 21K | Magdalena | 6 |
| HR Croatia | — | 6,119as Magdalena | 1 in 691 | 6.4K | — | — |
| SI Slovenia | — | 1,632as Magdalena | 1 in 1.3K | 1.6K | — | 1 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 192 | 1 in 90K | 7.1K | Magdalene | 9 |
| LA Laos | #503 | — | — | — | Magdalena | 4 |
434,117 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026, counting the spelling magdalena. 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); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); SURS — resident population given names. 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).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Magdalené mean, and where does it come from?
- From Ancient Greek Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ, “woman from Magdala”), byname of the biblical Mary Magdalene, "Mary of Magdala", from Μαγδαλά (Magdalá), the name of a village on Lake Galilee (the name of whi… Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.
- How do you pronounce Magdalené?
- A machine transcription gives /mæɡdəlɛneɪ/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Magdalené a male or female name?
- Magdalené 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.
- In which country does Magdalené have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 434 thousand people named Magdalena, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Magdalené?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 192 people named Magdalené, about 1 in 90 thousand residents.
- How common is Magdalené compared with other names?
- In Laos, Magdalené is the 503rd most common given name of 27,499 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Magdalené?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/magdalen%C3%A9The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Magdalené” — the 503rd most common given name in Laos. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.