Malvina is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “smooth brow.” In England & Wales it was given to 4 girls in 2022.
Malvina at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Irish & Celtic
Meaning
“smooth brow”
About the name Malvina
Malvina belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “smooth brow” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Malvina first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #475 in 1883, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 1,686 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.