Malkin

Meaning

Malkin is an old English diminutive connected with Mary, as shown in the excerpts that gloss it as "Malkin (Mary)." The name ultimately goes back to Hebrew Mary, though the form Malkin itself is a later English nickname rather than a direct biblical form. The excerpts also show it surviving in English as a female name with a rough, rustic, or servant-like tone in later literature.

Origin

Fun fact

In Shakespeare, "malkin" could mean a coarse scullery maid, which helped give the name a very earthy afterlife in English.