52%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Popular Culture Pronounced Pron. /mə.ˈlɛf.ɪ.sənt/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History 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). People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class devious strong rough strange complex serious Categories conflict, Descendants characters, Disney characters, English adjectives, fictional characters, film titles, Kingdom Hearts characters, negative, Once Upon a Time characters, word names