Magdalene
“The woman from Magdala,” a town on the Sea of Galilee, the birthplace of the Biblical Mary Magdalene, from the Hebrew migdal, a tower. As a vocabulary term, magdalene refers to a repentant prostitute and to a reformatory for prostitutes.
Moira
“She who is allotted (by fate),” ultimately from the Greek meiresthai, to receive one’s portion. In Greek religion, the fate of a person.
Moina
“The gentle and soft,” a variant of Moyna, which see.