# Malian

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #41,750

## Definitions
1. A person from Mali or of Malian descent.

## Etymology
From Mali + -an.

## Easily confused with
- **Maria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-maria)
- **Milan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-milan)
- **Malik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-malik)
- **Malta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-malta)
- **mania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-mania)
- **Marin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-marin)
- **Mayan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-mayan)
- **Mulan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-mulan)
- **Malin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-malin)
- **median** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-median)
- **Marion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-marion)
- **McLean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-mclean)
- **Marian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-marian)
- **malibu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-malibu)
- **malice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-malice)
- **maniac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-maniac)
- **Mariah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-mariah)
- **marlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-marlin)
- **malkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-malkin)
- **Marwan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malian-vs-marwan)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amlian`, `mailan`, `malain`, `maliann`, `malina`, `mallian`, `mlaian`, `mmalian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/malian