Măli

given name · Latin script

Măli is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in India than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Medieval vernacular form of Magdalene.

rarermore common
  • NPNepal1 in 1.5K(measured from records)
  • SISlovenia1 in 3.2K
  • INIndia1 in 18K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

India (measured from records)

73,466 people

Sources
11 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.5K (inferred from the name graph)

Nepal

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Mali in IN India, US United States.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Medieval vernacular form of Magdalene.

Sources 7

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
  • African Names
  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Wiktionary

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Măli counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Măli is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
IN India73,4661 in 18K73KMali9
NP Nepal19,6051 in 1.5K20K——
SI Slovenia6651 in 3.2K665—1
US United States4581 in 726K1.6KMali6
FI Finland1931 in 29K193—1
HR Croatia491 in 86K49——

73,466 people counted by Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; NPHC 2021 — Population by caste/ethnicity group (national), surname-shaped categories only; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Măli under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Măli mean, and where does it come from?
Medieval vernacular form of Magdalene. Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado and African Names and 5 other sources.
Is Măli a male or female name?
Măli is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Măli have the most bearers?
In India, the national register counted about 73 thousand people named Măli, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled mali.
Where is Măli most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Măli is densest in Nepal — about 1 in 1.5 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Măli?
In India, the national register counted 73,466 people named Măli, about 1 in 18 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Măli”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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