Majda
…اجدةis a female
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
, most popular in
Slovenia, but also in some other areas of
former Yugoslavia and
Arabic-speaking countries (
Egypt,
Lebanon, etc.). It means, in
Arabic, "the woman with glory". It ranks among the 30 most popular female names in Slovenia. It was most popular with women born between 1941 and 1970. Since the 1990s, only a handful of Slovenian girls have been named Majda.
It is a version of the name
Madeleine.
It may refer to:
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Majda Koren
Majda Koren (born 12 March 1960) is a Slovene children's writer and teacher. She also works with the youth programme section of Radiotelevizija Slovenija, the Slovenian national broadcaster.
Koren was born in Ljubljana in 1960. She studied at t ...
(born 1960), Slovenian children writer
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Majda Mehmedović (born 1990),
Montenegro Bosniak
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, cu ...
handball player
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Majda Potokar (1930–2001), Slovenian actress
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Princess Majda Ra'ad
Majda Ra'ad (born Margaretha Inga Elisabeth Lind on 5 September 1942) is a Swedish-born Jordanian member of the Hashemite House who is the wife of Prince Ra'ad bin Zeid, the current pretender to the defunct Kingdom of Iraq and Syria and the Lor ...
(born 1942), Jordanian princess
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Majda Sepe (1937–2006), Slovenian singer
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Majda Å irca Ravnikar
Majda …اجدةis a female given name, most popular in Slovenia, but also in some other areas of former Yugoslavia and Arabic-speaking countries (Egypt, Lebanon, etc.). It means, in Arabic, "the woman with glory". It ranks among the 30 most popula ...
(born 1953), Slovenian politician, journalist and art historian
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Majda Vrhovnik (1922–1945), Slovenian partisan
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Magda Sabbahi (ماجدة born 6 May 1941 Cairo), or Magda, is an Egyptian film actress notable for her rôles from 1949 to 1969.
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Majida El Roumi Baradhy
Majida is a village and Gram Panchayat in Purbasthali II CD block in Kalna subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in West Bengal, India. Majida village is located approximately 14.2km from the sub-district headquarters of Purbasthali. Bardd ...
(Arabic: ماجدة الرومي برادعي; born 13 December 1956) is a Lebanese soprano.
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Slavic given names
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