Malavika
Malavika means N. of a woman (See next).
Meaning: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899).
| Gender | girl |
| Origin | Kannada |
| Language | Kannada |
| Starts with | M |
Classical Sanskrit origin
मालविका (mālavikā): N. of a woman (See next).
Source: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), a public-domain scholarly reference — not every popular name today traces to a classical dictionary entry, so this section only appears where a verified match exists.
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “N. of a woman (See next)”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Trisha — Meanings families give: Noble, patrician; Desire, thirst; Noble woman, aristocrat; Thirst; one who is always searching; Wish, desire; thirst; Desire, wish; Thirst, desire, noble lineage
- Tanvi — Meanings families give: Slender, delicate, young woman; Beautiful, slender, delicate; Slender, delicate, beautiful
- Ritvi — Priest, learned woman
- Yuvika — Meanings families give: Young girl, youthful; Young woman, youthful girl
- Aryahi — Meanings families give: Noble woman, goddess Durga; Goddess Durga, noble
- Hansika — Meanings families give: A little swan, graceful and white; Small swan; beautiful woman
More girls' names of Kannada origin
- Mythri — Meanings families give: Friendship, benevolence; Friendship, friendly, benevolent
- Yashaswini — Famous, glorious, successful woman
- Mamatha — Love, affection, maternal feeling
- Roopashree — Endowed with beauty, graceful one
- Prajwala — Blazing, glowing brightly
- Bhagyashree — Fortunate, blessed one
Where this comes from
Malavika's etymology is verified against Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899). Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.