Mahdalyna
Just 117 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met one. A Ukrainian spelling of Magdalena, from the Hebrew for a woman of Magdala.
Mahdalyna Pronunciation
Mahdalyna is pronounced mahgh-dah-LIH-nah (/maɣdaˈlɨna/).
What Mahdalyna means
Where Mahdalyna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Mahdalyna is the Ukrainian shape of a name that older Poles know as Magdalena. Its root is Hebrew. It comes from the place name Magdala, a fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee, so the plain sense is geographic: a woman of Magdala. Its most famous bearer, Mary Magdalene, carried her hometown in her name long before it became a given name across Europe.
In Polish paperwork the name usually settles into Magdalena and shortens fast to Magda. Mahdalyna keeps the softer Ukrainian vowels and the h where Polish writes g. A girl entered as Mahdalyna in a school register in Przemyśl is a Magda by the second week.
Poland keeps her name-day on the twenty-second of July, when the Magdalenas collect cards and flowers. The tie to Magdala holds under each spelling.
How many people are named Mahdalyna
1 in 192682 women in Poland is named Mahdalyna. 117 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3128 among female names.
Mahdalyna as a middle name
Mahdalyna is a first name for 117 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 95/5 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3340th, between Magdolna (6) and Maksima (6).
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#3338 Mafalda6
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#3339 Magdolna6
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#3340 Mahdalyna6
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#3341 Maksima6
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#3342 Mali6