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Help[Opinions] WDYTO Magdalene?
I kind of like it and I saw it was the name of the day. How do you pronounce Magdalene? Is it too religious?
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I say MAG-da-lyn
Can't say I would have liked it at all before but I can't find anything negative about it. Not sure if it'd ever make my list, but I wouldn't turn my nose up if I heard it used
Can't say I would have liked it at all before but I can't find anything negative about it. Not sure if it'd ever make my list, but I wouldn't turn my nose up if I heard it used
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I love Magdalene. I would consider using it.
I say it the same as Magdalen. I go to a church named for Mary Magdalene and that's the pronunciation the parish uses. If I want mag-da-leh-na I use Magdalena.
I prefer it with the -ne ending over Magdalen for purely aesthetic reason.
My aforementioned church definitely gives it a pretty religious vibe for me. Very Catholic imo. That said, a lot if people have ascribed roles to Mary Magdalene that make her an almost controversial figure and some of that can make it seem more opposed to the establishment somehow?
I say it the same as Magdalen. I go to a church named for Mary Magdalene and that's the pronunciation the parish uses. If I want mag-da-leh-na I use Magdalena.
I prefer it with the -ne ending over Magdalen for purely aesthetic reason.
My aforementioned church definitely gives it a pretty religious vibe for me. Very Catholic imo. That said, a lot if people have ascribed roles to Mary Magdalene that make her an almost controversial figure and some of that can make it seem more opposed to the establishment somehow?
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I've never liked it because I don't like the "Mag" syllable, the same reason I don't like Maggie.
I would pronounce it MAG-da-lin.
It does seem overtly religious, another reason I'd never use it.
I would pronounce it MAG-da-lin.
It does seem overtly religious, another reason I'd never use it.
This message was edited 5/1/2018, 1:32 PM
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Love it! It’s sophisticated, complex, and beautiful in a classic way. It IS very religious, but I don’t consider that a bad thing.
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I pronounce it MAGdaLEEN, though I think that the correct pronunciation for it when it refers to "the Magdalene" ie biblical Mary is MAGdaLEEnee. Which is dreadful!
I like Magdalen very much (MAGdalin) and Magdalene not at all. It's widely used in Afrikaans, so it's just another name really, with no special connotations.
I like Magdalen very much (MAGdalin) and Magdalene not at all. It's widely used in Afrikaans, so it's just another name really, with no special connotations.
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I say MAG-duh-len. I like it. It’s always had a strong feel about it, like Madeleine with more substance, and I don’t think it’s too religious.
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i like it a lot. the g and ee sound helps it sound way more appealing to me than Madeline (i use the English pronounication listed there, though i'd say it differently if i knew the bearer was European).
i don't think it's TOO religious, but i'd assume the bearer came from a Christian background, or at least wasn't raised with a religion that would oppose the whole story the name comes from, since she's such a well known Biblical character. so i wouldn't use it.
i don't think it's TOO religious, but i'd assume the bearer came from a Christian background, or at least wasn't raised with a religion that would oppose the whole story the name comes from, since she's such a well known Biblical character. so i wouldn't use it.
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I really like (bordering on love) Magdalene because it's heavy and somber and, for me, evocative of burgundy velvet. I don't think it's too religious.
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I get the same about the burgundy velvet. I was just saying to my partner the other day how one of the things I loved about our current favorite combo – Ingrid Magdalena — was the colors. To me the deep indigo of Ingrid with the dark rose red of Magdalena combines to make a beautiful swirl of both of those with some deep purple.
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I love it, but also don’t like that it’s more of a “title” than a name, at least originally. I also really like Magdalina.
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What do you think of more modern names associated with places or occupations? I’m curious because I understand the hesitation but have come to see it as a name in its own right with all its post-biblical history. Also, I’m pantheistic enough that a place (or plant, or animal, or concept etc) lending its name to a human pleases me in an almost spiritual (or at least poetic) way.
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I'm more likely to expect word/place/occupation/plant/animal/concept names (although I wouldn't quite put Magdalene or Judith in that category: I guess that'd be Magdala and Judea instead) to be chosen with more thought to meaning (as opposed to just sound, popularity, and maybe history) than I would more traditional names...so then if they're not...like when people use Fletcher and don't even know what a fletcher does (or they do, but it holds no value to them)...it seems pointless/empty/superficial to me...but if they pick Arrow because they feel a connection to the symbolic meanings of an arrow, then...ok, whatever, I can respect that, and I like the sound, but it'd seem empty if I used it, because arrows just seem like a 2010s interior decorating trend to me.
This message was edited 5/1/2018, 10:44 PM
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