Entry № 6340 · Greenlandic origin

Malina Malina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ mah-LEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greenlandic
Meaning
"The sun goddess"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "the sun goddess".

Malina is the sun goddess of Inuit myth, who lights and warms the world. It carries radiance and power.

The sun goddess — a Greenlandic name.

The name in its native script.

Malina
Transliteration
Malina
Pronunciation
/ maˈli.na /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Malina stands.

Malina does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Malinas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Malina.

The number behind Malina.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Malina reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.