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femaleMalvina - Name Meaning and Origin


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The boy's and girl's name Malvina \m(a)-lvi-na, mal-vina\ is of English origin, and its meaning is "smooth brow". Literary name coined by James Macpherson in the 18th century for a character in his Ossianic poems. Macpherson claimed that these poems were translations of ancient texts, but they were in fact his own creations. Sculptor Malvina Hoffman.

Malvina has 10 variant forms: Mal, Malva, Malvie, Maveena, Mavina, Mel, Melva, Melvie, Melvina and Melvine.

A baby name that sounds like Malvina is Melvena.

Malvina is an uncommon female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Malvina. Click here to compare Malvina with related baby names.

United States Top 1000 rankings for: Malvina
Canada (BC), England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Sweden, Australia (NSW) Top 100 rankings for: Malvina

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