Magdalena

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Do you like it? What middle name do you like? Toyed with Joy, Hope, Daisy, Violet, Rose, Iris. Any of these or something else?

Lovely!

I love it. My best friend was named Magdalena when I was a child and she was such a beautiful soul.

Beautiful.
I like Joy or Hope as a mn.

The flower names are all nice though Daisy is perhaps a bit too twee beyond for a small girl.

I don't much like the hard 'g' in Magdalena, or personally the biblical association. How about the similar but imo much nicer Mandalena?

Sorry Errol, I do like the biblical association!
Mary Magdalene was the first witness of the resurrection and one of Christ’s disciples - the “apostle to the apostles”. The lies about her being a reformed prostitute are thought to have been added centuries later by a misogynist church trying to write women out of Christian history by smearing their memory.

Love it!

I too love the biblical connection and it's actually why I chose the name

I love it.

So many good shortenings too, if that’s what you want, but the Magdalena I knew was always full name. Also, I think, had an e on the end not a, but pronounced Magdalena.

My first association is with the Magdalen laundries, though I'm sure I'd soon get past it if I met a Magdalena. I really like Madeline, as another option.

I love this name, with all the lovely a sounds, and so many NN choices.
I don't know about middle names - for me it's a personal choice as they are so rarely used. I literally only know the middle names of my siblings, nephews and nieces. They all have very private stories attached, that no-one else would understand.

Gorgeous.

Love it. I know a fabulous Magdalena/ Maggie.

Magdalena Rose is just lovely.

Love it, partly because of the biblical connection.

Do you know this song? One of my faves

m.youtube.com/watch?v=FfruDTmFDUA

As I said re biblical, 'personally'.... if you like it then go for it.

It’s gorgeous! Magdalena Joy is beautiful

For anyone Irish it would have negative connotations from the Magdalena laundries.
It is a nice name but will inevitably get abbreviated to Mag/Mags

I love it. I went to college with a beautiful, cool and clever Magdalena.

I think it flows best with a one syllable middle name but how often do you say your full name, does it really matter?

I like the sound of Magdalena Hope and Magdalena Joy best but maybe it's a bit too virtuous as a combination?

I adore it. Has been a huge favourite of mine for many years. I love Magda too. Iris sits nicely with it.

Lovely

Magdalena Rose works very well.

Magdalena Faith
Magdalena Clare
Magdalena Ruth

Magdalena Rose is lovely.

No - the Magdalene laundries were horrific, so it will always have that connotation for me (and I’m not Irish). I imagine it will be shortened to Mags or Magda, neither are particularly pretty imo.

I really love this name. It is beautiful. And I like the diminutive Magda a lot. I think Magdalena Rose is beautiful. Though the Eastern European in me would go with Magdalena Maria or vice versa because the connection to Mary Magdalene is rather meaningful to me.

Lovely name - I'm not sure why it isn't more popular in Britain, when it seems really well used in Eastern Europe (I don't think it can just be because of the Magdalene laundries). I'm really not keen on Magda though - it sounds harsher somehow. Maggie, Mae, Della, Lena, Lainey etc are all nicer nn's imo.

I like the Iris or Hope for middle choices - or perhaps Lily if you don't mind the repeated "L" sounds? Magdalena Lily sounds really pretty to me.