Magda (given name)

Magda
Pronunciation/ˈmæɡdə/
GenderFemale
Other names
Variant form(s)მაგდა, Magda

Magda is a feminine given name, sometimes a short form (hypocorism) of names such as Magdalena, which may refer to:

  • Magda Apanowicz (born 1985), Canadian actress
  • Magda B. Arnold (1903–2002), Czechoslovakian-born American psychologist
  • Magda Danysz (born 1974), French art curator and art dealer
  • Magda Davitt, name in 2017 of Sinéad O'Connor (1966–2023), Irish singer-songwriter
  • Magda Femme, Polish pop singer and songwriter born Magdalena Pokora in 1971
  • Magdolna Magda Gabor (1915–1997), Hungarian-American actress and socialite
  • Magda Gerber (1910–2007), Hungarian-born early childhood educator in the United States
  • Magda Giannikou (born 1981), Greek-born composer, film scorer, singer, pianist and accordionist
  • Johanna Maria Magdalena Magda Goebbels (1901–1945), wife of Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels
  • María Magdalena Magda Guzmán (1931–2015), Mexican film and television actress
  • Magda Ianculescu (1929–1995), Romanian operatic soprano and voice teacher
  • Magda Isanos (1916–1944), Romanian poet
  • Magda Konopka (born 1943), Polish model and actress
  • Magda Linette (born 1992), Polish tennis player
  • Magda Lupescu (1899–1977), later Princess Elena of Romania, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania
  • Magda Mamet (1916–2012), Mauritian poet
  • Magda Mihalache (born 1981), Romanian tennis player
  • Magda Popeanu (born 1956), Romanian-born Canadian politician
  • Magda al-Sabahi (1931–2020), Egyptian film actress
  • Magdalena Magda Schneider (1909–1996), German actress and singer
  • Magda Szabó (1917–2007), Hungarian writer, poet and doctor of philology
  • Magdalene Magda Szubanski (born 1961), Australian television and film actress, comedian and writer
  • Magda Umer (born 1949), Polish singer
  • Magdalena Magda Wierzycka (born 1969), South African billionaire businesswoman

Fictional characters

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