Given name & surname
Mahli
“a diseased woman; one to be pitied”
Mahli is a variant of Mahlah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a diseased woman; one to be pitied.”
Original Hebrewמחלי
Meaning & origin
What it means
Mahli is a variant of Mahlah. One Hebrew interpretation is “a diseased woman; one to be pitied.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Mahli is a variant of Mahlah. An origin associated with Mahlah 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 1996. 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 Mahli appears in Exodus 6:19, Numbers 3:33, Ezra 8:18 and 1 other passage.
- Exodus 6:19
- Numbers 3:33
- Ezra 8:18
- 1 Chronicles 6:47
From biblical name research
Mahli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 113
- 0 boys · 113 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 11 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 151 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 70,479 among surnames in 1990.
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 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.