Malana
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 35 babies a year in the US.
Malana by the numbers
Malana was given to 35 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 67 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Malana
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 Malana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malanibuoyant, light287 in the US (2017)
- Malinaraspberry or small strong warrior133 in the US (2017)
- Malenasoft and tender; a form of Magdalena86 in the US (2017)
- Makanagift; present18 in the US (2017)
- Melanadark or black; a form of Melanie13 in the US (2017)
- Marlanalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Malana
Names that are said the same way as Malana, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Malana
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