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Mowgli

Mowgli is a given name from English. It is used in Polish.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Mowgli comes from English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From English Mowgli.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Mowgli through the years

Babies since 1880
38
38 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2015
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−77%
Cooling
012342025Highest share 20220.0
Mowgli in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2015–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 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.

Mowgli’s family of names

In Polish usage, Mowgli has a conventional equivalent in the Hungarian form Maugli. In Polish usage, Mowgli has a conventional equivalent in the Slovak form Mauglí. In Polish usage, Mowgli has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form MOGLI.

Walk Mowgli’s family in the name graph

MowgliMogliMaugliМаугліMauglíМауглиموگلیΜόγληςMoŭgliماوكلي

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Mowgli has relatives in 12 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.

English

9 related names in 12 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Across languages 9

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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