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View Name: Madeline

MADELINE

GENDER: Feminine

USAGE: English, French

PRONOUNCED: MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English), ma-də-LEEN (French), mad-LEEN (French) [key]

Meaning & History

English form of MAGDALENE. This is the name of the heroine in a series of children's books by Ludwig Bemelmans, first published 1939.

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VARIANTS: Madeleine, Magdalen, Magdalena, Magdalene, Madalyn, Madelaine, Madelina, Madelyn, Madilyn, Madlyn, Madoline (English), Madeleine (French)

DIMINUTIVES: Maddie, Maddy (English)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Maialen (Basque), Magdalene (Biblical), Magdalene (Biblical Greek), Magdalene (Biblical Latin), Magdalena (Bulgarian), Magdalena, Magda, Majda, Manda (Croatian), Magdalena, Magdaléna, Alena, Lenka, Magda, Mahulena, Malena (Czech), Magdalene, Magdalone, Lene, Lone, Magda, Malene (Danish), Magdalena, Magda (Dutch), Magdalena, Matleena, Leena, Malin (Finnish), Magdalena, Magdalene, Alena, Lena, Lene, Leni, Magda (German), Magdaléna, Magdolna, Duci (Hungarian), Madailéin (Irish), Maddalena, Lena (Italian), Magdalena (Macedonian), Magdalena, Lena, Magda, Malene, Malin (Norwegian), Magdalena, Lena, Magda (Polish), Madalena, Magda (Portuguese), Magali (Provençal), Mădălina, Magdalena, Magda (Romanian), Magdaléna, Alena, Lenka (Slovak), Magdalena, Alena, Alenka, Majda (Slovene), Magdalena, Malena (Spanish), Magdalena, Lena, Lennie, Lenny, Magda, Malena, Malin (Swedish)

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United States	ranked #85
Canada (BC)	-
Australia (NSW)	ranked #94
France	-

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