Malaine

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/məlejn/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Malaine is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States≈1 in 2.7M(inferred from the name graph)
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 707K
  • GYGuyana1 in 750K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (inferred from the name graph)

≈120 people, est.

Sources
76 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 707K (inferred from the name graph)

Morocco, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Malaine counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Malaine is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States≈120 est.≈1 in 2.7M5Malaine76
BR Brazil541 in 3.9M54——
MA Morocco≈50 est.≈1 in 707K—Malaine1
PH Philippines≈47 est.≈1 in 2.3M—Malaine9
GB United Kingdom≈26 est.≈1 in 2.5M—Malaine11
AU Australia≈16 est.≈1 in 1.6M—Malaine13
GY Guyana11 in 750K1—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Malaine is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Kenya, United States

    Also written M'Alaine

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Málàïnë

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Malaine,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 7 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Malaine?
A machine transcription gives /məlejn/ (IPA) for English.
Is Malaine a male or female name?
Malaine is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Malaine have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 122 people named Malaine in the United States, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled malaine.
How common is the name Malaine?
In Brazil, the national register counted 54 people named Malaine in 2022, about 1 in 3.9 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Malaine”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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