Entry № 466 · Spanish origin

Almudena Almudena — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ahl-moo-DEH-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Spanish
Meaning
"The citadel (Madrid's Virgin)"
Syllables
4
First recorded
Medieval (Spanish)

A name that means "the citadel (madrid's virgin)".

Almudena comes from the Arabic al-mudayna, meaning "the citadel." The title of the Virgin Mary as patron of Madrid — Nuestra Señora de la Almudena. The statue was hidden in the city walls during Moorish rule and rediscovered in 1085.

Almudena is widely used in Spain.

The citadel. Madrid's patron Virgin.

The name in its native script.

Almudena
Transliteration
Almudena
Pronunciation
/ ˌɑːl.muːˈdeɪ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Almudena stands.

Almudena does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Almudenas before her.

Real people
Almudena Grandes
Spanish novelist.
1960 – 2021
In fiction
Almudena
Common in Spanish fiction.

Names connected to Almudena.

The number behind Almudena.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Almudena reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.