Worldwide, Malatesta (Malatesta 
, Малатеста 
) is a rare boy's first name. The given name Malatesta is characteristic of Southern Europe, particularly Italy, where it is a rare masculine name. Much more frequently, Malatesta is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Malatesta | France, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, United States |
| Малатеста | Russia, Ukraine |
Malatesta is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Malatesta (Giancotto) , the operatic character in the opera Françoise de Rimini by Ambroise Thomas; Paolo's brother and Malatesta , the operatic character in the opera Le roman d'Elvire; chief of police.
| malatesta i malatesta Italian condottiero, IT (b. 1183) |
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| malatesta ii malatesta Italian condottiero (b. 1299) |
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| pandolfo ii malatesta Italian condottiero (b. 1325) |
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| pandolfo iii malatesta Italian condottiero, IT (b. 1369) |
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| malatesta iv malatesta Italian poet, lord of Pesaro, IT (b. 1370) |
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| pandolfo malatesta Catholic bishop and Baron of Patras, IT (b. 1390) |
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| sallustio malatesta IT (b. 1450) |
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errico malatesta Anarchist, IT (b. 1853) |
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| pandolfo v malatesta Italian condottiero, IT |
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| ferrandino novello malatesta |
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