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Malavika

girl name
Origin
Sanskrit
Syllables
4
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

girl of Malava; the heroine of Kalidasa's play Malavikagnimitram, and a literary pick long beloved in Kerala

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Malavika has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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