Malvina
From Greek, with the odd literal sense "smooth brow". Rare enough that most Poles will never meet one: only about 350 women carry it, and no girls were given it last year.
Malvina Pronunciation
What Malvina means
Where Malvina comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Malvina reaches back to Greek, and the name has kept that origin through every register it has appeared on. Dictionaries return to one image for it, a smooth brow, the calm of a face that worry has not yet touched. That is where its story opens.
Polish reference books add a second sense, przyjaciel strzegący prawa, a friend who guards the law. This reading leans on duty and loyalty, well away from the unlined face of the Greek meaning. The two do not compete. One describes a look, the other a character, and both belong to the same letters.
The Greek meaning came first. Later readers found the guardian in it.
Picture the imieniny calendar at the urząd, a Malvina running her finger down the column of dates until she reaches her own name. Read it back and the oldest sense returns, the Greek smooth brow.
How many people are named Malvina
1 in 64781 women in Poland is named Malvina. 348 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1608 among female names.
Malvina's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Malvina as a middle name
Malvina is a first name for 348 women in Poland and a middle name for another 14, a 96/4 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 2010th, between Maija (14) and Manon (14).
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#2008 Lucylia14
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#2009 Maija14
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#2010 Malvina14
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#2011 Manon14
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#2012 Marica14