A name. A world of connections.

Magna

Latin roots

feminineLatin script

/ˈmaɡ.na/ · Norwegian Bokmål

Origin: Latin
10 language contexts: Spanish Portuguese Swedish +7 more
Follow the evidence: 7 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Magna

Magna is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and 7 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin magnus via Old Norse.

Latin origin

Source-reported

Derived from Old Norse Magna (“female given name”), either by continuation or revival. The Old Norse name is the feminine form of Magni (“male given name”), from magn (“might, strength”). The modern Norwegian name may also be a short form of compound names containing this element, especially Magnhild, or a feminine derivative of Magnus, ultimately from Latin magnus (“great”). First attested in 1310 in Norway; documented again in modern use from 1850. Compare Danish Magna, Swedish Magna, Icelandic Magna and Faroese Magna (“female given name”).

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (10)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q16421574
Feminine usage in Danish · Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Faroese · Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Norwegian Bokmål · Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Swedish · Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Norwegian · Greek Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Icelandic · French Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Portuguese · Portuguese Wiktionary: Magna

Explore all 10 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Magna” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q16421574.

Name day: 11-05 (Finland).

All pronunciation details (2)

/ˈmaɡ.na/ — Norwegian Bokmål
/ˈmaŋ.na/ — Norwegian Bokmål

02 / Across borders

Where Magna is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Magna’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Spain

Statistics + language records

Spain, 2025: 56 female (rank 12499). Documented as a given name in Spanish.

Explore Spain

4 of 9 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Magna

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1956: 4; births; Rank #427
Peak year: 1945; 7 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Magna in Norway, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	7	309	observed
1946	6	341	observed
1947	5	361	observed
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	5	356	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	5	387	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	4	427	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Magna” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Magna Lykseth-Skogman
1874–1949
Swedish opera singer
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Magna with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q16421574CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Magna

Magna is a feminine given name documented in Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish and 7 other languages. English Wiktionary traces it to Latin magnus via Old Norse.

Latin origin

Source-reported

Sources for this account (6)

Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Documented usage

View usage notes (10)

Feminine usage · Wikidata Q16421574
Feminine usage in Danish · Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Faroese · Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Norwegian Bokmål · Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Swedish · Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Spanish · Greek Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Finnish · Greek Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Norwegian · Greek Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Icelandic · French Wiktionary: Magna
Feminine usage in Portuguese · Portuguese Wiktionary: Magna

Explore all 10 language contexts

Linguistic usage labels come from name dictionaries. They are separate from the sex categories recorded in statistical files.

Spelling and script

Written form “Magna” in the Latin script. Wikidata item Q16421574.

Name day: 11-05 (Finland).

All pronunciation details (2)

/ˈmaɡ.na/ — Norwegian Bokmål
/ˈmaŋ.na/ — Norwegian Bokmål

Where Magna is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Magna’s connections around the world.

2 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

Spain

Statistics + language records

Spain, 2025: 56 female (rank 12499). Documented as a given name in Spanish.

Explore Spain

4 of 9 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Magna

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1956: 4; births; Rank #427
Peak year: 1945; 7 births

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: Statistics Norway · Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025

Published integer counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Magna in Norway, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	7	309	observed
1946	6	341	observed
1947	5	361	observed
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	5	356	observed
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	5	387	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	4	427	observed
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: Born persons for the individual girls' and boys' names published in SSB table 10467.
Rounding: Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: SSB API: '.' means category not applicable; '..' means data not available. Null cells are not emitted and remain unknown, never zero.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms7

Wikidata Q16421574CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Portuguese Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: MagnaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates2

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spain — first names of residents, census snapshot 2025-01-01
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), Spain · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

A story to pass on.

About Magna

Latin origin

Where Magna is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Magna Lykseth-Skogman

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Magnus

Magnhild

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Magna

Latin origin

Where Magna is used

Across borders

Spain

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Notable bearers

Magna Lykseth-Skogman

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Magnus

Magnhild

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page