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Madailéin (female)

Variants:Madeleine (F)
Derivative of:Magdalene (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Irish Gaelic form of Madeleine [q.v.] derived from Magdalene, from Hebrew, "woman from Magdala", a village by Lake Galilee.
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