Nali

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
18
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1466
18 babies

Nali by the numbers

In 2025, 18 babies in England and Wales were named Nali.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Nali

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

  • Namiwave38 in the US (2017)
  • Najisaved, rescued, one who is safe18 in the US (2017)
  • Nalinlotus7 in the US (2017)
  • Nagiremote, distant, far away5 in the US (2017)
  • Naluthe waves5 in the US (2017)
  • Naqipure, clear5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Nali

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