Malvina

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Malvina Reynolds (1900 – 1978) was an American folk and blues singer-songwriter and political activist, best known for her songwriting, particularly the songs "Little Boxes", "What Have They Done to the Rain" and "Morningtown Ride".
― Lumi  6/3/2023
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Dame Malvina Major, ONZ, GNZM, DBE, is a New Zealand opera soprano.
― Lumi  6/3/2023
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Also Albanian: https://instatemra.shinyapps.io/emra/
― Anonymous User  6/23/2022
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Very cute and almost classy at the same time. Light and feminine. Shame about the meaning, because of that, I might rather use it for a pet than a child.
― Zanizaila  3/7/2022
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Gorgeous! Love this name.
― noisynora  1/23/2021
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Also occasionally used in Hungarian: https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvina
― Anonymous User  11/20/2020
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Also used in Romania: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvina_Ur%C8%99ianu
― Anonymous User  7/31/2020
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Probably a feminine form of Melvin in many cases.
― Nifty_Name_Nerd  9/20/2018
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Napoleon originally named the Falkland Islands off South America St. Malo, becoming "Malouines." Being that the letters "u" and "v" were interchangeable at the time, and for euphonic reasons, Malvines/Malvinas prevailed.
Nickname: Malvi.
― Anonymous User  3/5/2011
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I think it looks like a feminine version of a male name (and I like that).
― Anonymous User  10/24/2009
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If the name Malvina was coined by a poet, shouldn't the usage be under "Literature", like Ossian is?
― Anonymous User  3/28/2009
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Malvina Longfellow was a silent movie actress.
― Psycho_Princess  4/28/2008
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For some bizarre reason, this name is also used in Poland, albeit rarely. Its Polish form is "Malwina" and was quite popular in the early 20th century.
― angolmois  4/21/2008
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My Danish great grandmother from 1883 was named Malvina.
― Merethe  3/26/2008
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Malvina Reynolds, American singer and writer of satirical songs (e.g., What Have They Done to the Rain, Little Boxes).
― Kosta  5/9/2006
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It comes from the Scots Gaelic "mala" (brow) and "mìn" (smooth). Thus "Malamhìn" (MAL-a-veen) became "Malmhìne" (MAL-veen-a), which became "Malvina".
― gaelruadh19  7/30/2005
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