Malvina Forename
21,204th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 42,364 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Malvina Forename Definition:
A female name. apparently invented by Macpherson in his Ossianic poems, perhaps to represent Gaelic maol-mhin ‘smooth snow’.
Malvina Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 12,967 | 1:16,522 | 1,608 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8,010 | 1:5,340 | 491 |
| Russia | 100% | 4,845 | 1:29,770 | 715 |
| Chile | 100% | 1,855 | 1:9,492 | 739 |
| Albania | 100% | 1,686 | 1:1,807 | 383 |
| United States | 100% | 1,492 | 1:242,987 | 8,118 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,333 | 1:45,808 | 1,291 |
| Georgia | 99% | 1,227 | 1:3,047 | 430 |
| France | 100% | 822 | 1:80,864 | 1,973 |
| Greece | 100% | 561 | 1:19,491 | 976 |
| Romania | 100% | 556 | 1:36,065 | 2,258 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 515 | 1:16,262 | 1,289 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 482 | 1:6,124 | 515 |
| Peru | 100% | 406 | 1:78,304 | 3,158 |
| Belgium | 100% | 366 | 1:31,394 | 1,938 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 329 | 1:10,418 | 765 |
| Belarus | 99% | 326 | 1:29,087 | 442 |
| Israel | 100% | 291 | 1:28,876 | 2,315 |
| DR Congo | 98% | 274 | 1:269,444 | 11,005 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 247 | 1:42,232 | 3,015 |
| Colombia | - | 239 | 1:199,912 | 4,718 |
| Armenia | 100% | 220 | 1:13,267 | 983 |
| England | 100% | 209 | 1:266,043 | 7,051 |
| Congo | 100% | 165 | 1:30,359 | 2,719 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 164 | 1:184,158 | 6,914 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 159 | 1:43,965 | 2,326 |
| Canada | 100% | 157 | 1:211,041 | 7,880 |
| Panama | 100% | 157 | 1:24,883 | 2,259 |
| Mexico | 100% | 145 | 1:856,168 | 7,469 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 136 | 1:226,371 | 5,030 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 118 | 1:150,397 | 3,855 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 117 | 1:2,204,818 | 110,287 |
| Portugal | - | 111 | 1:93,792 | 2,607 |
| Moldova | 100% | 109 | 1:32,671 | 764 |
| Czechia | 100% | 105 | 1:101,487 | 1,161 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 103 | 1:93,621 | 4,325 |
| Germany | 100% | 80 | 1:1,208,473 | 8,695 |
| Sweden | 100% | 75 | 1:131,439 | 5,235 |
| Cape Verde | - | 68 | 1:7,782 | 890 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 63 | 1:84,287 | 923 |
| South Africa | 100% | 61 | 1:893,978 | 35,430 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 59 | 1:8,062 | 293 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 46 | 1:18,936 | 1,236 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 45 | 1:132,739 | 7,787 |
| Malaysia | 97% | 45 | 1:676,665 | 26,854 |
| Abkhazia | 98% | 44 | 1:5,532 | 607 |
| Cameroon | - | 40 | 1:540,263 | 17,115 |
| Angola | 100% | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| India | 79% | 36 | 1:33,746,610 | 665,083 |
| Spain | 100% | 34 | 1:1,368,528 | 9,899 |
| Benin | 100% | 33 | 1:320,480 | 12,667 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 29 | 1:249,545 | 3,601 |
| Latvia | 100% | 28 | 1:71,987 | 1,639 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 26 | 1:94,568 | 2,800 |
| Liberia | 100% | 25 | 1:176,482 | 6,494 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 23 | 1:7,720,190 | 100,438 |
| Croatia | 100% | 22 | 1:191,685 | 3,419 |
| Australia | - | 20 | 1:682,881 | 9,609 |
| Austria | 100% | 20 | 1:425,710 | 4,293 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 20 | 1:407,616 | 31,576 |
| Hungary | 100% | 19 | 1:515,356 | 1,894 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 19 | 1:316,755 | 6,627 |
| Philippines | 94% | 19 | 1:5,579,446 | 93,508 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 17 | 1:994,240 | 17,340 |
| Serbia | 100% | 17 | 1:420,337 | 4,618 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 17 | 1:483,147 | 7,811 |
| Wales | 95% | 17 | 1:182,018 | 3,415 |
| Guyana | 100% | 14 | 1:54,519 | 4,997 |
| Cuba | - | 13 | 1:885,119 | 3,536 |
| Jamaica | - | 13 | 1:221,787 | 7,032 |
| Thailand | 100% | 12 | 1:5,838,818 | 101,178 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 11 | 1:4,987 | 869 |
| Bolivia | - | 9 | 1:1,177,934 | 3,617 |
| Gabon | 100% | 9 | 1:209,260 | 2,118 |
| Poland | 100% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 9 | 1:151,269 | 9,102 |
| Norway | 100% | 8 | 1:641,541 | 10,538 |
| Scotland | 100% | 8 | 1:668,796 | 7,564 |
| Turkey | 100% | 8 | 1:9,725,214 | 31,896 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 7 | 1:2,301,204 | 6,153 |
| Honduras | - | 7 | 1:1,259,638 | 12,726 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 7 | 1:82,994 | 4,768 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 7 | 1:15,678 | 1,755 |
| Kenya | 67% | 5 | 1:9,261,422 | 35,582 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 5 | 1:1,430,399 | 43,518 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 4 | 1:1,457 | 226 |
| Seychelles | - | 4 | 1:23,168 | 1,192 |
| Ecuador | - | 3 | 1:5,908,973 | 18,111 |
| Finland | 100% | 3 | 1:1,827,728 | 14,078 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Estonia | 100% | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 1 | 1:52,788,319 | 85,066 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Malvína (709) & Malviña (1) are calculated separately.
Malvina (1,163) may also be a surname.
Malvina Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. apparently invented by Macpherson in his Ossianic poems, perhaps to represent Gaelic maol-mhin ‘smooth snow’.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
MALVINE. Malvina is an invention (probably from maol, ‘a handmaid’: cf. Malcolm) of ‘Ossian’ Mac-pherson’s, Malvine the Gallicism therefor. Both are rare in England.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A female name derived from Malmhín, name of the daughter of Toscar, who was mistress of Oscar, the son of Ossian; from maol-mhín, smooth brow. The name Malvine is very common in France.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Teutonic name, meaning: Friendly toiler.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Malvina Forename Popularity
Malvina Demographics
Malvina Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 154 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Malvina Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Malvina in the Russian language | ||
| Мальвина | malvina | - |
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