Mahaley
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.
Mahaley by the numbers
Mahaley was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Mahaley
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 Mahaley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
- Magalypearl; a form of Margaret58 in the US (2017)
- Mahaliatenderness; affection; a form of Mahali41 in the US (2017)
- Mahalatender or affectionate38 in the US (2017)
- Malleydescendant of Maolmhuaidh, Irish surname9 in the US (2017)
- Maheletgrace; forgiveness7 in the US (2017)
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