Maelie

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 29 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
29
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Maelie by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Maelie. In the US, 29 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 44 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Maelie

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 Maelie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Maevieintoxicating one; diminutive of Maeve17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maesiepearl; a form of Maisie10 in the US (2017)
  • Maliecalm, peaceful; a hawaiian name10 in the US (2017)
  • Marlie63 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maelee69 in the US (2017)
  • Mallie39 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maelie

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

  • Malihasmooth, soft, or delicate58 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maeli19 in the US (2017)
  • Maely19 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Maelie

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