At a Glance
- Meaning
- A flowering herb of the mallow family
- Origin
- English (plant name, ultimately from Latin malva)
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- MAL-oh
Mallow is an English (plant name, ultimately from Latin malva) unisex name meaning “a flowering herb of the mallow family”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Mallow
Meaning: A flowering herb of the mallow family.
Origin: English (plant name, ultimately from Latin malva).
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Mallow
MAL-ohIPA /ˈmæloʊ/
Popularity of Mallow
Mallow doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Mallow
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