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I really like Magdala (stress on the first syllable). Right now I'm watching a "Poirot" with a character called that :-)

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I'm very fond of all those names - Magda, Magdalene, Magdalena. I think Magda is more than strong enough to stand alone, if you don't care for Magdalene.

I hate it, sorry. It sounds really clunky, ugly, harsh and dowdy. It also seems very nicknamey. I don't think I can advocate using a name you don't like, so I would probably go with a different name all together. Madga Cecilia flows fine, but I loathe Cecilia.

If you prefer Magda over Magdalen, I don't necessarily think you think use the latter just to get to the former. Magda stands fine on its own, imo. It's not like Maggie or Lou, at least not to me, to where it sounds only like a short form/nickname.

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I'm not sure about the flow of Magda Cecilia, both ending in -a sounds, but if you love them, I wouldn't change either name for that reason.

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For the record, I'm not a fan of Magda, Magdalen, etc. Magda in particular makes me think of Mazda. :-/ But none of the names are bad by any means. IMO.

Magda is a perfectly good full name, personally I prefer it as ann for Magdalena but that's only because I love Magdalena and if you don't then you shouldn't use it or any of the other long names you don't like.

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Magda Cecilia is pretty but I think Magda Cecily flows better.

Well I love Magdalene, so naturally I prefer Magda it as a NN, but I could definitely see it being used as a FN. It's warm, but not intrusively friendly, has a wonderful antique charm, and is blissfully underused.
Magda Cecilia is lovely, but I still prefer Magdalene Cecilia NN Magda(which is fabulous!)

This message was edited 12/28/2007, 11:06 AM

our babysitter is Magda, but it's short for Magdalena. It's ok by itself... but to me it would be like naming your child Maggie or Meg instead of Margaret. I say go for the fuller name. Most people will assume it's short for something anyway.
Good luck.

Nah, Magda's fine on its own, especially if you dislike Magdalen.

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Magda Cecilia's pretty, though I dislike Cecilia (I think its hard to say and sounds like hissing). I'd be very happy to see a Magda Cecilia, though.

I think Magda is fine on its own (even though I personally prefer it as a NN Magdalene, simply because I love the name Magdalene so much that I'd rather have both of them instead of just Magda on its own). Some nicknames sound too weak and informal on their own, but I don't think Magda is one of them. It's a strong, warm name on its own, too.

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Magda Cecilia sounds great. It's sophistocated, but down-to-earth.

Absolute honesty: I don't like any of the Magda- names, but Magda by itself is the worst of the lot, imo. Magda is so harsh and blunt. Plus, there's Magda Goebbels; I can't help but picture a twisted soul bearing a bottle of cyanide when I hear the name. Putting that aside, I dislike Magda Cecilia, mostly because of the matching -a endings.

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Well, it ain't me, but if it was, I'd scrap the whole Magda- thing. Magda just sounds HORRIBLE to me, harsh and rough, and like the name of a very mean, scary old lady, the kind who chases little kids off her grass with a broom and is rumored to eat neighborhood pets.

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And Magdalen/Magdalena/Magdalene? Please dont' take this the wrong way, anybody, but it is so strongly Catholic sounding to me that I would never use it. All I can think of is Mary Magdalene all weepy and repentant, or the Magdalene Laundries with all those pitiful pregnant girls getting bossed around by the nuns.

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I'd use Margaret/Marguerite/Margot and use Maggie as a nn if I really had to use the Mag sound.

I don't like the MagdA CeciliA double-A endings, but the combo is nice besides that. I think Magda is fine as a fn; it seems like a very strong name that will age well.