Maily
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Maily by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Maily. In the US, 17 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 48 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Maily
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 Maily. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maisypearl; a diminutive form of Margery81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maizypearl; a modern form of Maisie60 in the US (2017)
- Marlypleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley44 in the US (2017)
- Mailegarland; wreath of flowers21 in the US (2017)
- Marilyof the sea; variant of marily or mary15 in the US (2017)
- Mailyn36 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maily
Names that are said the same way as Maily, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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