Mandolin
Girl · MAN-duh-lin · Italian
Mandolin is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “a small stringed instrument”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mandolin mean?
Italian: from the Italian instrument name mandolino
“a small stringed instrument”
Taken from the musical instrument, whose name comes from the Italian mandolino.
- Say it
- MAN-duh-lin
Is Mandolin a girl's or a boy's name?
Mandolin is a girls' name.
How popular is Mandolin in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Mandolin in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mandolin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Mandolin
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