Maeli

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maeli by the numbers

Maeli was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 35 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Maeli

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maeli. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Maligarland; necklace132 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mablilovable; amiable69 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Melihoney; a form of Melissa or Melina3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maulijasmine flower4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marli103 in the US (2017)
  • Mayeli53 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maeli

Names that are said the same way as Maeli, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Malihasmooth, soft, or delicate58 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maelie29 in the US (2017)
  • Maely19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Maeli

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