Magnolia

Where Magnolia comes from

The dictionaries list Magnolia as a given name — a female given name from English, one of the less common flower names invented in the 19th century — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • English
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #628 among girls — 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 — more than any year before or since.
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.