Maleena
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 46 babies a year in the US.
Maleena by the numbers
Maleena was given to 46 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Maleena
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 Maleena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mileenagracious or dear; feminine form of Milan95 in the US (2017)
- Malenasoft and tender; a form of Magdalena86 in the US (2017)
- Maleehasmooth or soft or agreeable28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mareenaof the sea; a form of Marina or Maria8 in the US (2017)
- Meleenahoney; a form of Melina8 in the US (2017)
- Maleekaa form of malik; queen or ruler4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Maleena
Names that are said the same way as Maleena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Maleena
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