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Magnolia

What does Magnolia mean?

Magnolia Pronunciation of Magnolia as a girls' name is pronounced mag-NOL-yah. Nature name: the magnolia flower, named after 17th-century French botanist Pierre Magnol.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Mag-, -lia

ASSOCIATED WITH nature, flower, 17th century

Variations

VARIANTS Maggie, Maggy, Nola

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Magnolia Kenzley (M.K.), ..

How popular is Magnolia?

Magnolia is a very popular first name for females (#1586 out of 4276, Top 37%) and a slightly less popular surname for all people (#99214 out of 150436, Top 66%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Magnolia reached its top rank of #314 in the U.S. in the year 2018. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Magnolia name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Magnolia outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Maggie (#292 VIA LATEST LIST) and Nola (#644) are the prominent related forms of Magnolia (#314). Adoption of these forms of Magnolia was widespread a century ago (MEDIAN #343) and has become much less since (#416, 73.2% LESS USAGE). Maggie is more universally found than the rest, although Magnolia seems to be gaining favor too, while Maggie has lost favor.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Magnolia, Maggie, Nola in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Magnolia and related baby names outside U.S.


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