Given name & surname
Magali
Magali is used as a given name and a surname. Magali is connected with Margaret.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
A possible origin is English, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
Magali is used as a form of Margaret.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Magali through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,568
- 6 boys · 3,562 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 142 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #4,511 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −28%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,511 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 28.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 142 in 2000. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,853 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Magali’s family of names
Magali is a form of Margaret. In Occitan usage, Magali has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Margarita. In French usage, Magali has a related form in Marguerite.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Magali has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
Englishwhere Magali comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Margueritevariant · French
- Magalyvariant · Spanish
- Magallilikely variant
- Magalievariant · French
- Maggaleavariant
- Magaleavariant
- Maggaleevariant
- Maggalievariant
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Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Magali
- Magali NoëlFrench actress and singer (1931–2015)
- Magali Messmertriathleteborn 1971
- Magali KempenBelgian tennis playerborn 1997
- Magali Faure-HumbertFrench cyclistborn 1972
- Magali AmadeiFrench fashion model and actorborn 1974
- Magali BatonFrench judokaborn 1971
- Magali HarveyCanadian rugby union playerborn 1990
- Magali ClémentFrench actress (1947–2008)
- Magali ComteSwiss archerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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