Malena

Where Malena comes from

Malena hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1886
    Debut at its peak, #993
    #993 among girls with 6 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  3. 1974
    Malena Alterio born
    Italian-Argentine-Spanish actress
  4. 1977
    Malena Josephsen born
    Danish footballer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Malena Alterio · Italian-Argentine-Spanish actress, born 1974
  • Malena Josephsen · Danish footballer, born 1977
  • Malena Muyala · Uruguayan musician, born 1971
  • Malena Mård · Swedish diplomat, born 1969
  • Malena Pichot · Argentine comedian, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.