Magdi

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a diminutive of the female given name Magdolna

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

/məɡdi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Magdi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Sudan than in any other country, where it is the 83rd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 588K
  • SDSudan≈1 in 2.4K

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.

Sudan (inferred from the name graph)

≈19,000 people, est.

Sources
141 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 2.4K (inferred from the name graph)

Sudan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

a diminutive of the female given name Magdolna

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 30 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Magdi 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 Magdi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SD Sudan#83≈19,000 est.≈1 in 2.4K—Magdi37
EG Egypt—≈9,500 est.≈1 in 11K—Magdi106
SA Saudi Arabia—≈1,500 est.≈1 in 23K—Magdi42
YE Yemen—≈1,300 est.≈1 in 23K—Magdi19
LY Libya#440≈700 est.≈1 in 9.9K—Magdi23
US United States—5661 in 588K543Magdi141

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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)

Magdi is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Maǧdī, Mãgdi, Maǧdi, Màgdi, Mağdī

  • Spanish given name12 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Peru

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mágdí, Mägdï, Mäġdï, Mắgdi, Māgdi

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada, United States

    Also written Maǧdī

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Romania

    Also written Mágdí

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Maǧdī, Magdī

42 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Magdi is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Breton, nurserie

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

  • In Breton, nursery

    as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)

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)

19201940196019802000Magdi Yacoub, b. 1935Magdi An Naggar, b. 1956Magdi Abdelghani, b. 1959Majdi al-Hilali, b. 1961Sadek Wahba, b. 1965Magdi S. A. El-Hawagry, b. 1966Magdy Kamel, b. 1970Magdy El Hawary, b. 1971Majdi Siddiq, b. 1985Majdi Halabi, b. 1985

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalمرحباً Magdi،Hi Magdi, (English)

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)

Attested in 30 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Magdi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

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 Magdi mean, and where does it come from?
a diminutive of the female given name Magdolna Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Magdi?
In the etymology graph, Lena, Magda and Manda are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Magdi?
A machine transcription gives /məɡdi/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Magdi a male or female name?
Magdi is a male 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 Magdi have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Magdi in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magdi.
How common is the name Magdi?
In the United States, the national register counted 566 people named Magdi in 2020, about 1 in 588 thousand residents.
How common is Magdi compared with other names?
In the Sudan, Magdi is the 83rd most common given name of 4,989 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, “Magdi” — the 83rd most common given name in Sudan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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