Name Malinche Gender Feminine Usage Nahuatl (Hispanicized) Pronounced Pron. /ma.ˈlintʃe/ Edit Status Status2a. listed usages are verified Meaning & History Hispanicized form of Malintzin, which was a Nahuatlized form of the Spanish name Marina. Malinche was a Nahua woman who was an interpreter to Hernán Cortés.