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Magdalena (female)

Variants:Magdalen (F) Magdalene (F)
Diminutive(s):Alena (F) Lena (F) Magda (F)
Pet Name(s):Madzia (F)
   
Source(s): FreeCEN 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire
The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

Widely found throughout Europe, originally Hebrew "woman of Magdala", a village on Lake Galilee.

In the 1841 Census of Aberdeenshire this name occurs rarely.

See Magdalene for a full list of variants and short forms.
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