Save Gender Feminine Usage Croatian (Rare), German (Rare), Bulgarian, Medieval German, Alsatian, Hungarian, Welsh Scripts Мадлен(Bulgarian) Pronounced Pron. /mad.ˈˈleːn/(German) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Bulgarian, Croatian, Alsatian, and German variant of Madeleine as well as a Hungarian borrowing of this name as well as a medieval German contracted and the Welsh regular form of Magdalena.