Magdalena
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Magdalena 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. In Polish, recorded as a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Magdalene.
- 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)
- 5 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 347 (measured from records)
- 1 in 88 (inferred from the name graph)
434,117 people, 2026
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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)
- Latin[in(measured from records)
- AncientGreek(measured from records)
- BiblicalHebrew](measured from records)
a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Magdalene
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.
How Magdalena is read(measured from records)
Magdalena is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Spanish66%
Del gentilicio de Magdala, en Galilea; 'la de Magdala'.
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- English9.1%
river, dept., Colombia; island.
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
village, NM
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Pacific
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
- Polish8.8%
a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Magdalene
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Magdalena 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 | #24 | 434,117 | 1 in 88 | 434K | Magdalena | 254 |
| TZ Tanzania | #426 | ≈76,000 est. | ≈1 in 772 | — | Magdalena | 23 |
| PH Philippines | #867 | ≈53,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Magdalena | 64 |
| US United States | — | 34,074 | 1 in 9.8K | 34K | Magdalena | 347 |
| ES Spain | — | 30,167 | 1 in 1.7K | 32K | Magdalena | 88 |
| CZ Czechia | #152 | 21,626 | 1 in 495 | 22K | Magdalena | 111 |
| SE Sweden | #183 | 21,085 | 1 in 484 | 21K | Magdalena | 90 |
| HR Croatia | #163 | 6,119 | 1 in 691 | 6.4K | Magdalena | 86 |
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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Magdalena is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Maria Madalena; Mary Magdalen; Ciudad de Mexico
as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Anna Magdalena Bachb. 1701DEGerman singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (1701-1760)
- Faustyna Kowalskab. 1905PLnot in their usual namenun and saint from Poland (1905–1938)
- Frida Kahlob. 1907MXnot in their usual nameMexican painter (1907–1954)
- Sophie Schollb. 1921DEnot in their usual nameGerman resistance fighter during the Nazi regime, member of the White Rose (1921-1943)
- Magdalena Abakanowiczb. 1930PLPolish textile artist and sculptor (1930-2017)
- Romy Schneiderb. 1938ATnot in their usual nameGerman-French actress (1938–1982)
- Magdalena Anderssonb. 1967SEPrime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist
- Malena Ernmanb. 1970SEnot in their usual nameSwedish opera singer
- Leonor Varelab. 1972CLnot in their usual nameChilean actress
- Magdalena Tulb. 1980PLPolish singer
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 110 sources across 50 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 434K | #8 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 434K | #8 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 34K | #1,158 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 32K | #134 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 30K | #253 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 22K | #135 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 21K | #204 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 11K | #153 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 6.4K | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 6.1K | #172 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 5.7K | — |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 388 | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Magdalena mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Biblical Hebrew], equivalent to English Magdalene Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Magdalena?
- In the etymology graph, Marlene, Magali and Madeline are forms of the same name in other languages; Lena, Magda and Alena are recorded short or pet forms.
- In which country does Magdalena have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 434 thousand people named Magdalena, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magdalena.
- Where is Magdalena most common?
- Magdalena is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 88 people carrying it.
- Is Magdalena a male or female name?
- Magdalena 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.
- How common is the name Magdalena?
- In Poland, the national register counted 434,117 people named Magdalena in 2026, about 1 in 88 residents.
- How common is Magdalena compared with other names?
- In Poland, Magdalena is the 24th most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/magdalenaThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Magdalena” — the 24th most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.