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Updated March 27, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • Polish (Maliński) : habitational name for someone from places called Malin, Malina, Malinie, or Maliny, named either with mały ‘small’ or with malina ‘raspberry’.
  • Ukrainian and Jewish (from Ukraine) : habitational name for someone from Malin, a place in Ukraine.

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