The first name Malvina

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About the first name Malvina

Meaning

The name Malvina is a literary name inspired by Gaelic tradition.

Historical origin

The name Malvina was popularized in the 18th century by James Macpherson’s Ossianic poems.

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Malvina owes an important part of its spread to literature, which often turned rare forms into familiar given names.

Pronunciation:mal-vi-namalvin.a

Frequency of the first name Malvina by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Malvina by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name MalvinaLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Malvina in baptisms by year.10075502501785181918531887192119551785–1789 1 baptisms1790–1794 1 baptisms1800–1804 2 baptisms1805–1809 2 baptisms1815–1819 1 baptisms1820–1824 1 baptisms1825–1829 1 baptisms1830–1834 2 baptisms1835–1839 9 baptisms1840–1844 7 baptisms1845–1849 19 baptisms1850–1854 44 baptisms1855–1859 83 baptisms1860–1864 90 baptisms1865–1869 86 baptisms1870–1874 70 baptisms1875–1879 62 baptisms1880–1884 74 baptisms1885–1889 48 baptisms1890–1894 34 baptisms1895–1899 31 baptisms1900–1904 9 baptisms1905–1909 8 baptisms1910–1914 3 baptisms1915–1919 2 baptisms1945–1949 1 baptisms1955–1959 1 baptisms

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