Magdalen

English

"woman from Magdala or high tower"

Magdalen Origin and Meaning

The name Magdalen is a girl's name of Aramaic, French, English origin meaning "woman from Magdala or high tower".

Biblical name long associated with the fallen-yet-redeemed Mary Magdalen, now rising improbably into the ranks of the fashionable among parents hungry for classic yet distinctive girls' names. The Magdalene and Magdalena versions are perhaps even more stylish. Can be shortened to Maggie or Magda but the full version is prettiest. One of our new favorites!

Madeleine and its variations is a form of Magdalen. The meaning of both names sometimes varies as place name Magdala is Aramaic for "high tower," so that may be considered an alternate meaning.

Magdalen Rank in US Top 1000

# 911 in the US

Magdalen Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 2045 on Nameberry

Magdalen Popularity

• 1282 Nameberry 2020

20 Names Similar to Magdalen

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• Magdala
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• Magdelene
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• Winsome
• Neith
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Famous People Named Magdalen

• Magdalen Carnegie wife of Scottish soldier,poet the Marquess of Montrose
• Magdalen Redman American female baseball player
• Magdalen King Hall, English novelist, journalist, and children's fiction writer
• Magdalen Herbert (d. 1627) best known as mother of George Herbert and friend and patron of John Donne, recent work on her surviving "Kitchin Booke" and the tomb she constructed at St Nicholas Church illustrate her life and the power and role of early modern widows

Magdalen in Pop Culture

• Magdalen Vanstone character in "No,Name" by Wilkie Collins
• Magdalen College University of Oxford (Pr. "maudlin")