Meaning and history
Created by the Scottish poet James MacPherson in the 18th century for a character in his Ossian poems, Malvína was probably intended to mean “smooth brow,” from Scottish Gaelic mala “brow” and mìn “smooth, fine,” lenited to mhìn and pronounced with a v sound.
20032003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 6 births, rank #15,491
20082008: 5 births, rank #17,504
2009: 8 births, rank #12,429
2010: 7 births, rank #13,448
2011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
20132013: 5 births, rank #16,547
2014: 6 births, rank #14,558
2015: 5 births, rank #16,419
2016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: no US SSA record for this spelling
20182018: 5 births, rank #15,682
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
2021: no US SSA record for this spelling
20222022: 6 births, rank #13,592
Malvina moved from #871 to #995 for girls between 1917 and 1918. Its highest annual birth count came in 1917, with 63 births.