Given name
Mahali
“one who is tender”
Mahali is a variant of Mahalia. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is tender.”
Original Hebrewמחלי
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mahali is a variant of Mahalia. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is tender.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mahali is a variant of Mahalia. An origin associated with Mahalia is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb hala (חלה), “to be sick or to entreat.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Mahali appears in Exodus 6:19.
From biblical name research
Mahali through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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