Maleficent

Gender
Female (Feminine | Girl)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Evil, wicked
Pronunciation
ma-LE-fic-ent
mə-LEHF-i-sənt(English)
Popularity
Maleficent is an uncommon name and has not been ranked in the top 1000 names in the US.

cartoon of the name Maleficent
Cartoon of Maleficent

Maleficent Name meanings & History

Fictional (Disney's Sleeping Beauty). Evil, wicked. From an English word meaning "harmful, evil", derived from Latin maleficens. This is the name of the villain in the animated Disney film Sleeping Beauty (1959). Maleficent is mostly used as a fictional character name and is not commonly used as a given name for babies.

Zodiac Sign of Maleficent: Mother Cancer

Synonyms of Maleficent:

M: Memorabilia,Memory,Mother,Maternal,Manipulative,Mushy,Mommy

A: Angry,Argumentative,Aggressive,Assertive,Ambitious,Action

L: Legal,Lazy,Liaison,Luscious,Languid,Lover,Lovely

E: Enlighten,Entertain,Environment,Enliven,Exaggerate,Expressive

F: Friendly,Fun-loving,Fiery,Festive

I: Involved,Indulgence,Intimate

C: Copycat,Clever,Cute,Candid,Chatty,Choice,Curious

N: Nagging,Nitpicking,Nutrition,Neat,Nice,Nervous,Neurosis

T: Talkative,Testy,Tacky,Doubting Thomas,Tireless,Truth,Touchy

Maleficent is:

  • a Class name
  • a Classic name
  • a Complex name
  • a Devious name
  • a Formal name
  • a Mature name
  • a Natural name
  • a Rough name
  • a Serious name
  • a Strange name
  • a Strong name
  • a Upper name

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Maleficent is a character in the Disney movie Sleeping Beauty, portrayed by Angelina Jolie in the 2014 live-action adaptation.