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Magdalene

Magdalene f

Learned form of MADELEINE (SEE Madeleine), used especially in Germany.

Variants: English: Magdalen. Latinate: Magdalena (used in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Poland, and Czechoslovakia).

Cognates: Italian: Maddalena. Russian: Magdalina. Hungarian: Magdolna. Danish: Magdalone, Malene.

Short forms: German, Scandinavian, and E. European: Magda. German and Czech: Alena.

Pet form: Polish: Madzia.

First names dictionary. 2012.