Magdalena

Where Magdalena comes from

Borrowed from Spanish Magdalena. Doublet of Magdalene and Madeline.
— Wiktionary's entry for Magdalena
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #375 among girls — 19 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #306
    33 babies named Magdalena — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1967
    Magdalena Andersson born
    Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist
  4. 1987
    Magdalena Neuner born
    former German biathlete
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Magdalene.
Namesakes
  • Magdalena Andersson · Prime Minister of Sweden from 2021 to 2022, Swedish politician and economist, born 1967
  • Magdalena Neuner · former German biathlete, born 1987
  • Magdalena Abakanowicz · Polish textile artist and sculptor, 1930–2017
  • Magdalena Tul · Polish singer, born 1980
  • Magdalena Forsberg · Swedish biathlete and cross-country skier, born 1967

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.