Malin

Malin is a first name and surname.

Origin and Meaning

The name Malin is mostly known in Germany as a female first name. It involves a Swedish short form of the female given name Magdalene. In Sweden, the name is on the first syllable, so the A says.

It can be moreover a male first name Malin in South Slavic and English-speaking countries demonstrate.

The South Slavic male first name Malin is an extension of the masculine name Maljo / Malo, which in turn is a short form of the male given name Malisa / Malischa, the maly the Slavic element of meaning in the meaning ' small' contains and mostly as a Slavic translation of the biblical name Paul in the meaning ' the little one ' is needed. Other forms of male names for this option are also Malo, Mali, Male, Maljen, painting, and more rarely Malian.

In the English -speaking world the name Malin is assigned as female and male first name. The female form of the name Malin is a minor form of Maline / Malina / Maleen ( = short forms of Magdalena ).

The male first name Malin is ' explained (see also Bruce Lansky '35 000 baby names' as an English name meaning strong, little warrior New York 1995, p 390). The masculine form of the name Malin is here an English spelling variant of the original Irish male name MAILIN in meaning, warrior '.

Since the name Malin is registered in Germany as a typically female first name and single female first name, male name Malin should be entered only in conjunction with a clear male second name (see also name counseling center at the University of Leipzig, Leipzig 2003).

Well-known bearers of the name

Female first name

• Malin Hartelius (born 1966 ), Swedish opera singer
• Malin ( singer ), Norwegian participant in the Junior Euro Vision Song Contest 2005
• Malin Åkerman (born 1978 ), Canadian actress
• Malin Andersson (born 1973 ), Swedish football national player and coach
• Malin Baryard - Johnsson ( born 1975 ), Swedish show jumper
• Malin " Linn " Berggren (born 1970 ), Swedish singer, see Ace of Base
• Malin Büttner (* 1975), German writer and presenter
• Malin Crépin (born 1978 ), Swedish actress.
• Malin Lundgren (born 1967 ), Swedish football national team
• Malin Melcherson, one of the main character from the TV series or in the novel Seacrow Island
• Malin Moström ( b. 1975 ), Swedish football national team
• Malin Schwerdtfeger (* 1972), German writer

Male first name

• Malin Craig (1875-1945), American General

Family name

• Georg Malin ( born 1926 ), Liechtenstein artist and historian
• Johann August Malin (1902-1942), Austrian resistance fighters
• Markus Malin (* 1987), Finnish snowboarder
• Michael C. Malin ( born 1950 ), American planetary scientist
• Sam Malin ( b. 1963 ), Canadian businessman
• Shimon Malin ( b. 1937 ), Physicist