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Magaline
How to Pronounce Magaline
Pronounced MAG-uh-leen /ˈmæg.ə.liːn/Medium
Meaning: Magaline is best explained as a respelled elaboration of Magdalene (from the Hebrew place name Magdala, 'tower') or possibly of Margaret (Greek, 'pearl'); the exact route for this coined-feeling name is uncertain.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Magaline most plausibly elaborates Magdalene, from the Hebrew place name Magdala, 'tower,' or possibly Margaret, from the Greek 'pearl.' The exact route is uncertain, which we note honestly; it belongs to the early-twentieth-century pattern of stretching classic names with a soft -line ending.
Magaline was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1932, and it faded from records by 1966. A girl named Magaline then would be in her nineties today.
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What does the name Magaline mean?
It is most likely a variant of Magdalene, from Hebrew Magdala 'tower,' or of Margaret, 'pearl.'
How do you pronounce Magaline?
It is said MAG-uh-leen /ˈmæg.ə.liːn/, three syllables with the stress on the last.
Is Magaline a boy or girl name?
Magaline is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Magaline?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-thirties, and it disappeared from records by 1966.