Given name
Malyn
“the little warrior”
Malyn is a variant of Malin. One English interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Malyn is a variant of Malin. One English interpretation is “the little warrior.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Malyn is a variant of Malin. An origin associated with Malin is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Malyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 176
- 0 boys · 176 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,297 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,297 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 297 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.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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