MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Malina mean?
Malina corresponds to Sanskrit malina, dim or darkened. In Bengali literary vocabulary the adjective can describe a fading light or a clouded appearance.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Bengali
মলিনা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
मलिना
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Malina in Indian usage
2,870 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
The available aggregate sex counts are withheld or incomplete.
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 321 |
| 1960s | 595 |
| 1970s | 712 |
| 1980s | 723 |
| 1990s | 342 |
| Other decades | 177 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Tripura | 1,664 |
| Assam | 537 |
| Odisha | 186 |
| Jharkhand | 139 |
| Uttarakhand | 105 |
| Other states | 239 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Malina / F | 6 | 3,705 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Malina; Table_6, C4003 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Malina; Table_6, C4003
- Monier-Williams, malina, p. 792,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.