Talk:Madeleine (given name)

Variants
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

--Jerzy•t

Greek origin
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)