Malini
Origin
Sinhala
Syllables
3
Peak era
2020s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
garlanded, wearing a garland of flowers (Sanskrit); in Sri Lanka inseparable from Malini Fonseka, the first lady of Sinhala cinema, which stamps it as a 1950s-60s cohort name
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Malini peaked in the 2020s.
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