Entry № 6270 · Basque origin

Maialen Maialen — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mai-AH-len /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Basque
Meaning
"Magdalene (Basque heritage)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Basque)

A name that means "magdalene (basque heritage)".

Maialen is the Basque form of Magdalene — referring to Mary Magdalene of the New Testament. Princess Maialen — modern Basque heritage naming.

Magdalene (Basque heritage) — a Basque name.

The name in its native script.

Maialen
Transliteration
Maialen
Pronunciation
/ maɪˈɑː.lɛn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Maialen stands.

Maialen 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.

Maialens before her.

Real people
Maialen Lujanbio
First female Basque Bertsolari champion 2009.
born 1976
Maialen Chourraut
3x Olympic medalist kayaker.
born 1983
In fiction
Maialen
Basque form of Magdalene.

Names connected to Maialen.

The number behind Maialen.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maialen reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.