Given name · also English
Malwina
Malwina is a feminine given name from English, ultimately from Scottish Gaelic. It is used in Polish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Malwina comes from English, and ultimately from Scottish Gaelic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From English Malvina, from Scottish Gaelic Mala-mhìn.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malwina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 141 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Malwina’s family of names
In Polish usage, Malwina has a diminutive in Malwinia. In Polish usage, Malwina has a conventional equivalent in the Hungarian form Malvin. In Polish usage, Malwina has a conventional equivalent in the French form Malvina.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Malwina has relatives in 10 languages. Lines run from its Irish roots to each of them.
6 related names in 10 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Malwina
- Malwina KopronPolish sportsperson and athletics competitorborn 1994
- Malwina SmarzekPolish sportspersonborn 1996
- Malwina Garfeinowa-Garskaliterary critic, translator, writer (1870-1932)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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