Given name & surname
Dali
“of the assembly”
Dali is a variant of Daly. One Irish interpretation is “of the assembly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dali is a variant of Daly. One Irish interpretation is “of the assembly.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dali through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 211
- 51 boys · 160 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,204 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,204 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 586 as a first name in 2020; 255 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dali’s family of names
Dali has a related form in Daly. Dali has a related form in Dailey. In Greek usage, Dali as a surname is a transliteration of Δάλη.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Dali
- Dali BenssalahAlgerian-French actorborn 1992
- Dali JaziTunisian politician, jurist and political scientist1942–2007
- Dali YangAmerican political scientistborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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