Magdalena: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced mag-duh-LEN-uh · 4 syllables

Magdalena means “woman from Magdala; tower”, from Spanish.

Borrowed from Spanish Magdalena. Doublet of Magdalene and Madeline.

How popular is Magdalena?

Magdalena was the #849 name in the US in 2025, given to 320 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1880.

Babies named Magdalena in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1880).

Half of US adults named Magdalena are older than 40; most are between 19 and 76. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Magdalena have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Magdalena means “woman from Magdala; tower”. It comes from Spanish.

Magdalena is pronounced mag-duh-LEN-uh.

Magdalena was the #849 name in the US in 2025, given to 320 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 1880.

Half of US adults named Magdalena are older than 40. Most are between 19 and 76.