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Malin

See also: malin, malîn, and malīn

English

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Etymology

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The surname is from a Middle English diminutive of the given name Mary.

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Malin

  1. An English surname originating as a matronymic.
  2. A sea area, off the north coast of Ireland, centred on Malin Head.
  3. A city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /malin/ [ma.lĩn]
  • Rhymes: -alin
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧lin

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Malin

  1. inessive indefinite of Mali

Finnish

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Malin

  1. genitive singular of Mali
  2. accusative singular of Mali

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French

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Etymology

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From Latin malignus.

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Malin m

  1. the Devil

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Mali +‎ -n

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɒlin]
  • Hyphenation: Ma‧lin

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Malin

  1. superessive singular of Mali

Norwegian Bokmål

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Malin

  1. a female given name derived from Magdalena

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Malin

  1. a female given name loaned from Swedish

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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Vernacular form of Magdalena. First recorded in Sweden in 1524.

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Malin c (genitive Malins)

  1. a female given name
    • 1985, Marianne Fredriksson, Simon och ekarna, Wahlström & Widstrand, published 2001, →ISBN, page 236:
      - Hon ska heta Malin.
      - Varför det, sade Karin som tyckte att det var ett fult gammalt namn som luktade fattigsverige.
      - Det hette min mamma, sade Mona och då fanns det inget att tillägga.
      "I'll name her Malin."
      "Why?" said Karin, who thought it was an ugly and old name that reminded her of a peasant.
      "That was my mom's name," said Mona. Then there was nothing left to say.

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 48 812 females with the given name Malin living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Etymology 2

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Malin c (genitive Malins)

  1. a surname

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