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Malia

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Malia: Hawaiian variation of Mary Meaning of Malia: "bitter" Malia's Popularity in 2012: #355

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Makes Grandma Mary or Maria's name fresh and modern. An unusual name made more familiar by one of Barack and Michelle Obama's young daughters. This year, under this spelling and even more so as Maliyah, the fast-rising girls' name so look for increased popularity in the future.

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Malia Ann (b. 1998), elder daughter of U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama
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