Given name & surname
Nally
“a poor man”
Nally is used as a given name and a surname. One Irish interpretation is “a poor man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Irish interpretation is “a poor man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Irish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nally through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 5 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 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 145 as a first name in 2020; 2,651 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.
Nally’s family of names
Nally has a related form in Nallea. Nally has a related form in Nallee. Nally has a related form in Nalleigh.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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