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Malvina

OriginScottish
Meaning"smooth-browed one"
US RankUnranked

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About Malvina

An invention of the eighteenth-century romantic poet James Macpherson, in his epic cycle about Ossian, a legendary Celtic hero. In Poland, where it was popular at the start of the 20th century, the spelling is Malwina, and it's also had some use in other Eastern European countries.

Fun fact: the Spanish name for the Faulkland Islands is Las Malvinas, but this derives from the French port town of St Malo, rather than from Gaelic.

Pronounced mal-VEE-nuh.

As of October 2026, Malvina ranked #14660 in US births in 2022 SSA, peaked at #475 in 1883.

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  • Malvina Virginia Longfellow

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  • Las Malvinas

    the Spanish name for the Falkland Islands

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