Maly
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Maly by the numbers
Maly was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Maly
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 Maly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Macyweapon; from the surname Macy563 in the US (2017)
- Maligarland; necklace132 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maythe month; associated with the goddess Maia64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malkymy king; diminutive or variant of Malachi21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marlypleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley44 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Maly
Names that are said the same way as Maly, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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