Given name & surname
Mavi
“refers to the color blue”
Mavi is used as a given name and a surname. One Turkish interpretation is “refers to the color blue.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “refers to the color blue.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mavi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 307
- 90 boys · 217 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 50
- #4,515 for girls · #5,141 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +117%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,515 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 132.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 19 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 300 as a first name in 2020; 244 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.
Mavi’s family of names
Mavi has a related form in Mavy. Mavi has a related form in Mavea. Mavi has a related form in Mavee.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mavi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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