Given name & surname
Mardi
“born on a Tuesday”
Mardi is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “born on a Tuesday.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “born on a Tuesday.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mardi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 874
- 6 boys · 868 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 34 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 34 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,017 as a first name in 2020; 170 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.
Mardi’s family of names
Mardi has a related form in Mardy. Mardi has a related form in Mardee. Mardi has a related form in Mardie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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