Magda (given name)

Magda is a feminine given name. It is a short form (hypocorism) of names such as Magdalena and Magdalene. Notable people with the name include:

• Magda Ádám (1925–2017), Hungarian historian
• Magda Apanowicz (born 1985), Canadian actress
• Magda B. Arnold (1903–2002), Canadian psychologist
• Magda Berndsen (born 1950), Dutch politician
• Magda Cazanga (born 1991), Angolan handball player
• Magda Danysz (born 1974), French art curator and art dealer
• Magda Femme (born 1971), Polish pop singer and songwriter
• Magda Gabor (1915–1997), Hungarian-American actress and socialite
• Magda Gerber (1910–2007), Hungarian-American early childhood educator
• Magda Giannikou (born 1981), Greek composer, film scorer, singer and musician
• Magda Goebbels (1901–1945), wife of Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels
• Magda Guzmán (1931–2015), Mexican actress
• Magda Ianculescu (1929–1995), Romanian operatic soprano and voice teacher
• Magda Ilands (born 1950), Belgian long-distance runner
• Magda Isanos (1916–1944), Romanian poet
• Magda Konopka (born 1943), Polish model and actress
• Magda Linette (born 1992), Polish tennis player
• Magda Lupescu (1899–1977), later Princess Elena of Romania, mistress and later wife of King Carol II of Romania
• Magda Mamet (1916–2012), Mauritian poet
• Magda Mihalache (born 1981), Romanian tennis player
• Magda Olivero (1910–2014), Italian operatic soprano
• Magda Popeanu (born 1956), Romanian-Canadian politician
• Magda al-Sabahi (1931–2020), Egyptian film actress
• Magda Schneider (1909–1996), German actress and singer
• Magda Szabó (1917–2007), Hungarian writer, poet and doctor of philology
• Magda Szubanski (born 1961), Australian actress, comedian and writer
• Magda Tagliaferro (1893–1986), Brazilian pianist
• Magda Umer (born 1949), Polish singer
• Magda Wierzycka (born 1969), South African businesswoman

Fictional characters

• Magda Lehnsherr, deceased wife of Magneto (Marvel Comics), and mother of the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver (Marvel Comics)
• Magda Miłowicz, title character of Magda M., a Polish soap opera (2005–2007)

See also

• Sinéad O'Connor (1966–2023), Irish singer-songwriter, named Magda Davitt in 2017–2018