Mallow: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Mallow – 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

Phonetic: MAL-oh   IPA: /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.

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