Magnolia

Where Magnolia comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Magnolia.

  • English
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Magnolia through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #628 among girls, with 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1983
    Magnolia Howell born
    Trinidadian sprinter and artist
  3. 2025
    Peak, #124
    2,233 babies named Magnolia, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English, one of the less common flower names invented in the 19th century.
Namesakes
  • Magnolia Howell · Trinidadian sprinter and artist, born 1983

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.