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Magdalena = Mag-da-leh-nah
Magdalene = Mag-da-leh-neh

I pronounce Magdalena as Mag-da-lay-nuh and Magdalene as Mag-da-lyn.

Mag-de-leena (how my ESL student pronunces it) and mag-da-lyn

Magdalena = mahg-da-lay-nuh
Magdalene = mag-da-len or mahg-da-lay-nuh

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It's usually a mahg as opposed to a mag (as in rhymes with bag) with me.

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I usually consider Magdalene to be German above being Biblical, so I just go ahead and pronounce the 'e' at the end (whether an actual German speaker would, I don't know; I'm just going by what I'm used to from what I've learned so far). Back in the days when my mother took me to Catholic church I only ever heard mag-da-len, though, never mag-da-leen.

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This message was edited 2/4/2006, 8:08 PM

I pronounce them as:

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mag-duh-LAY-na
and
MAG-duh-lin

Personally, I say:

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Magdalene - MAG-da-len

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Magdalena - MAG-da-LEN-a or MAG-da-LAYN-ah

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I say:

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Magdalena - MAG-da-LAYN-ah

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Magdalene - MAG-da-leen

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But Magdalen without the E, is MAG-da-lin to me. I like this spelling best, it avoids confusion.

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♥Elinor♥