Message: "Magda" - Behind the Name

[Facts] Magda

by Agata (ADT)

8/14/2006, 10:53 AM

I'm wondering about the name Magda and specifically one of the comments. It says, "Also exists as a full name, not only as a pet form." Does it? I've always known Magda as a short form of Magdalena so perhaps that is a mistake? Someone could give his/her child a short form and not know otherwise . . .

#Magda

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- Caprice

8/14/2006, 12:27 PM

Magda is used as a full name here in Sweden, although it's rather rare.

Short and sweet like Swedish summer....

- Mar (X-Mar) +1

8/14/2006, 11:08 AM

I've heard Magda used as a full name here in the Netherlands. Not as Magdalena "Magda", but just as Magda. (most Dutch give their children pet/short forms of names as full names) It's still derived from Magda, so it doesn't have a different origin or anything.

- Agata (ADT)

8/14/2006, 11:39 AM

Thanks. I was speaking to a couple last night. They have a teenage daughter named Magda and they claimed for Magda to be a total separate name from Magdalena.

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