Name meaning & stats
Magdalene
Magdalene means “from the city of Magdala” (Hebrew origin). 5,327 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“from the city of Magdala”
HebrewWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
5,327 US babies were named Magdalene between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Magdalene (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 61% of the family
- Magdalene 61%
- Magdalen 15%
- Magdaline 8%
- Magdalyn 7%
- Magdeline 4%
- Magdelyn 2%
- Magdalynn 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)