Madina
From the Hebrew for "the city", it reaches Poland almost entirely through Arabic-speaking families. Just over 400 women here carry it, so most Poles have never met one.
Madina Pronunciation
Madina is pronounced mah-DEE-nah (/maˈdina/).
What Madina means
Where Madina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Madina grows from a Semitic root that Hebrew and Arabic share. In Hebrew, medina means a province, and in modern usage a state; the Hebrew name for Israel is Medinat Yisrael, the State of Israel. In Arabic, madīna means the city, which Polish renders as miasto.
The Arabic association is strongest in Medina, the city on the Arabian Peninsula that became the second holiest site in Islam after Mecca. Its older full name, Madīnat an-Nabī, means the city of the Prophet. So the name has pointed at a real place for more than a thousand years.
Madina has no Polish diminutives. In a school register it now appears among names carried by families from the Caucasus and Central Asia, where it stays common. The meaning holds steady: the city, miasto.
How many people are named Madina
1 in 51588 women in Poland is named Madina. 437 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1414 among female names.
Madina's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Madina as a middle name
Madina is a first name for 437 women in Poland and a middle name for another 6, a 99/1 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 3337th, between Léonie (6) and Mafalda (6).
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#3335 Lusine6
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#3336 Léonie6
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#3337 Madina6
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#3338 Mafalda6
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#3339 Magdolna6