Malahni

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Malahni by the numbers

Malahni was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Malahni

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malahni. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Malanibuoyant, light287 in the US (2017)
  • Melahni5 in the US (2017)
  • Milahni5 in the US (2017)
  • Melanidark or black; a variant of Melanie164 in the US (2017)
  • Maahigreat earth; the world22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Makaniwind21 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Malahni

Names that are said the same way as Malahni, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Malaniedark, black; a form of Melanie12 in the US (2017)
  • Malinigardener or one who tends flowers9 in the US (2017)
  • Maylani44 in the US (2017)
  • Mahlani27 in the US (2017)
  • Mailani26 in the US (2017)
  • Maloni25 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Malahni

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