A name. A world of connections.

Magny

“might, strength” + “new”

feminineLatin script

/ˈmaɡ.nyː/ · Norwegian Bokmål

Origin: Icelandic
3 language contexts: Danish Norwegian Bokmål Norwegian
Follow the evidence: 4 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Magny

Magny is a feminine given name documented in Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Icelandic Magný, from the components “might, strength” + “new”.

Separate records with matching spellings: Magný (Icelandic)

Icelandic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “might, strength” + “new”

Possibly formed in Norwegian by association with Magnhild and Dagny. Alternatively, from Icelandic Magný (“female given name”), a modern formation from magn (“might, strength”) + ný (“new”). First attested in 1858 in Norway. Compare Danish Magny, Swedish Magny and Icelandic Magný (“female given name”).

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: MagnyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MagnyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Magny is used

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Across borders

countries in our sources

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

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 1980: 4 girls (rank 608). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål.

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2 of 2 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

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

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Magny

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1980: 4; births; Rank #608
Peak year: 1959; 18 births

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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

Magny in Norway, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	9	282	observed
1946	12	256	observed
1947	13	245	observed
1948	14	230	observed
1949	16	221	observed
1950	14	228	observed
1951	14	229	observed
1952	13	239	observed
1953	14	230	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	11	275	observed
1956	11	260	observed
1957	8	313	observed
1958	11	275	observed
1959	18	198	observed
1960	10	292	observed
1961	4	464	observed
1962	9	305	observed
1963	5	446	observed
1964	5	451	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	5	484	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	4	554	observed
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	4	608	observed
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 “Magny” 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

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Magny 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 forms4

Wikidata Q33101862CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MagnyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MagnyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MagniCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · 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 Magny

Magny is a feminine given name documented in Danish, Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian. English Wiktionary traces it to Icelandic Magný, from the components “might, strength” + “new”.

Separate records with matching spellings: Magný (Icelandic)

Icelandic origin

Source-reported

Meaning: “might, strength” + “new”

Sources for this account (2)

Wiktionary: MagnyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MagnyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Magny 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 Magny’s connections around the world.

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

Selected country

Norway

Statistics + language records

Norway, 1980: 4 girls (rank 608). Documented as a given name in Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål.

Explore Norway

2 of 2 countries

Popularity over time

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

Norway

1945–2025 Spelling: Magny

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1980: 4; births; Rank #608
Peak year: 1959; 18 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

Magny in Norway, girls: births and rank by year
Year	Births	Rank	Status
1945	9	282	observed
1946	12	256	observed
1947	13	245	observed
1948	14	230	observed
1949	16	221	observed
1950	14	228	observed
1951	14	229	observed
1952	13	239	observed
1953	14	230	observed
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	11	275	observed
1956	11	260	observed
1957	8	313	observed
1958	11	275	observed
1959	18	198	observed
1960	10	292	observed
1961	4	464	observed
1962	9	305	observed
1963	5	446	observed
1964	5	451	observed
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	5	484	observed
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	4	554	observed
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	4	608	observed
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 forms4

Wikidata Q33101862CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MagnyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: MagnyCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: MagniCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates1

Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · 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 Magny

Icelandic origin

Where Magny is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Magni

Magný

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Magny

Icelandic origin

Where Magny is used

Across borders

Norway

Popularity over time

Norway

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Magni

Magný

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page