Maali

Locally spelled মালি in BD Bangladesh.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Maali is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Arabic surname4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Israel, Morocco, Jordan

  Also written Ma'Ali, Maâli, Ma’ali

• English surname9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Nigeria, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Ma'Ali, Ma-Ali, Mààĺì, Máâlï

• French surname10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Morocco, Spain

  Also written Maâli, Maãli, Mäali, Mâali, Màâlì

• Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Mâàli

• Swahili surname2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Spain, India, Morocco

  Also written Ma'Ali

• Indonesian surname7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, United States

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Ma'Ali, Ma’ali, Maāli, Maâli

• Turkish surname3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye

  Also written Maãlį

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Maali is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In izh, target

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Finnish, paint

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Arabic, noble, sublime, excellency

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• J. Peverell Marleyb. 1901USnot in their usual nameAmerican cinematographer (1899–1964)
• John Marleyb. 1907USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor (1907-1984)
• Bob Marleyb. 1945JMnot in their usual nameJamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)
• Cedella Marleyb. 1967JMnot in their usual nameJamaican singer, dancer, fashion designer, actress, and entrepreneur
• Ziggy Marleyb. 1968JMnot in their usual nameJamaican reggae musician (born 1968)
• Stephen Marleyb. 1972USnot in their usual nameJamaican American reggae musician
• Rohan Marleyb. 1972JMnot in their usual nameSon of Bob Marley
• Damian Marleyb. 1978JMnot in their usual nameJamaican DJ, singer and rapper
• Natasha Marleyb. 1984GBnot in their usual nameBritish porn actress
• Skip Marleyb. 1996JMnot in their usual nameJamaican singer and songwriter

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Maali mean, and where does it come from?

noble, sublime, excellency Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names and Nordic Names.

How do you pronounce Maali?

In Spanish /maali/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

In which country does Maali have the most bearers?

In India, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Maali, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled maali.

How common is the name Maali?

In India, the national register counted 1,650 people named Maali, about 1 in 804 thousand residents.