Malin

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Female Name

Usage

Old Swedish
Swedish
Norwegian
Finnish
Danish

Origin and Meaning

1) Nordic short form of Magdalena ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}, either via Madelin ^[2] or Malene ^[4]

2) Swedish pet form of Amalia ^[2]

Related Names

Maalin	♀
Malin	♀
Malina	♀
Maline	♀
Malinn	♀
Malyn	♀

See also Mali

Name Days

Norway

22 July

Finland (Swedish Language)

22 July

Sweden

10 December

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1524 ^[2]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[6]		40686	48812	2	5
Norway[7]		6869	8920	0	0
Denmark[8]		176	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[9]		n.a.	1325	n.a	3
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend^[6][8][7][9]:

Norwegian historic statistics trend^[7]:

Sources: ^{[6] [8] [7] [9]}

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
3. ↑ Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
4. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
5. ↑ Kustaa Vilkuna: Etunimet (1990)
6. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
7. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
8. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
9. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi