Given name & surname
Maly
“a ruler; the firstborn son”
Maly is a variant of Mali. One Indian interpretation is “a ruler; the firstborn son.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maly is a variant of Mali. One Indian interpretation is “a ruler; the firstborn son.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maly is a variant of Mali. Mali has been associated with Welsh and Indian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Czech Malý, from Slovak Malý, from Polish Mały.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 209
- 0 boys · 209 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 16 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 681 as a first name in 2020; 2,293 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.
Maly’s family of names
Maly has a related form in Mali. In English usage, Maly as a surname was borrowed from the Slovak form Malý. In English usage, Maly as a surname was borrowed from the Polish form Mały.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Maly has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maly
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