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Variants

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   The accompanying article cites some 2007 variants in top hundred (in that year's births?). The following, each beginning "Madel..., come from the census bureau site & reflect 1990 census, which cover approx 90% of the population (thereby extending to the top 4000 and some:

330 MADELINE
894 MADELYN
936 MADELEINE
3364 MADELENE
3487 MADELAINE

--Jerzyt

Greek origin

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Why does the article talk of ultimate Greek origin, when Magdala was a Jewish town whose name comes from the Hebrew word Migdal? HannoHannovich (talk) 02:50, 16 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]