The baby name Malinee is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mah-LEE-nee (IPA: /məˈliːni/; Thai: /maː.liː.niː/).
Malinee is Sanskrit in Origin.
The baby name Malinee is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced mah-LEE-nee (IPA: /məˈliːni/; Thai: /maː.liː.niː/).
Malinee is Sanskrit in Origin.
Malinee is a feminine name of Indo-Aryan origin, stemming from Sanskrit mālinī, the feminine of mālin (“garlanded, wreathed in flowers”). The sense extends to “floral, fragrant, blossoming,” and in Hindu tradition Mālinī serves as an epithet of Parvati/Lalita and the name of a river cited in Puranic literature. Through Pali and Sanskrit prestige, the form entered Southeast Asian naming; in Thai it is written มาลินี and commonly romanized as Malinee, preserving the long final vowel of -ī.
Usage spans India (as Malini across Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, and Malayalam) and Thailand and Sri Lanka in the 20th century onward for educated, formal given names. Recognized variants include Mālinī (diacritic transliteration), Malini (pan-Indian), and Malinee (Thai). Short forms and nicknames include Mali, Lina, and Nee. The name’s floral imagery aligns with virtues of grace, beauty, and auspicious freshness.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| OM | 0 | #120 | 2 | 6,215 | |
| MU | 0 | #136 | 2 | 3,613 | |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #319 | 33 | 8,539 |
| MY | 0 | #352 | 3 | 12,352 | |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #630 | 3 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #648 | 3 | 16,104 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #982 | 13 | 24,821 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,014 | 1 | 25,931 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,232 | 5 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,272 | 1 | 25,619 |
Malinee is popular in 14 countries — most recent births per country:
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