THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Magdalena
Magdalena is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Magdalena Jalandoni, Magdalena Cantoria. This snapshot links the name to 5 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Spanish
- /maɡdaˈlena/
- [maɣ̞.ð̞aˈle.na]
Mag · da · le · na4 source divisions
Dictionary reading & contributors ↗Wiktionary contributors / Kaikki / Wiktextract · CC BY-SA 4.0
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Magdalena. Doublet of Magdalene and Madeline.
A female given name, variant of Magdalene.
Wiktionary: Magdalena (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μαγδαληνή (Magdalēnḗ, “woman from Magdala”).
a female given name, equivalent to English Magdalene
Wiktionary: Magdalena (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Magdalena
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Magdalena Jalandoni
Filipino writer and feminist (1891–1978)
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Magdalena Cantoria
Philippine botanist (1924- )
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
8
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
5
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Magdalena Jalandoni, Magdalena Cantoria
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Magdalena in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Magdalena
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Magdaleno·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Macacna·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Madilyn·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Madonna♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Mafalda♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Magdar·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Magnolia·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Magnólia♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Magdalena?
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Explore Magdalena further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q842544 — Magdalena (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Magdalena Jalandoni (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q842544 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Magdalena Cantoria (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q842544 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Magdalena (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Magdalena (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.