Magali
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Magali is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country. In Paraguay it is the 82nd most common given name. Recorded meaning: French form related to Marguerite; from Greek margarites 'pearl'.
- BEBelgium≈1 in 2.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 2.8K
- UYUruguay1 in 2.9K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 230 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈67,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
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.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
French form related to Marguerite; from Greek margarites 'pearl'.
Sources 1
- Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Magali counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | — | ≈67,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | 74K | Magali | 7 |
| BR Brazil | #842 | 22,183 | 1 in 9.5K | 26K | Magali | 129 |
| AR Argentina | #231 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.8K | 539 | Magali | 123 |
| PE Peru | #382 | ≈9,300 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Magali | 58 |
| US United States | — | 5,853 | 1 in 57K | 5.8K | Magali | 230 |
| BE Belgium | — | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | 5 | Magali | 56 |
| PY Paraguay | #82 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | — | Magali | 38 |
| UY Uruguay | #157 | 1,154 | 1 in 2.9K | 1.2K | Magali | 35 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Magali is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, a female given name from Occitan, a Provençal variant of Marguerite
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Forme provençale de Marguerite, du latin « perle ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In German, ) Magalie: aus dem Französi schen übernommener weibl. Vom., proven- zalische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
French (of Provençal origin): name of uncertain derivation, possibly a form of MARGARET . It has become widely known as a result of its occurrence in a popular Provençal folk song. Variant: Magalie .
as a word
In Polish, third-person plural virile past of magać
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Magali Vendeuilb. 1926FRFrench actress (1926-2009)
- Magali Noëlb. 1932FRFrench actress and singer (1931–2015)
- Magali Clémentb. 1947FRFrench actress (1947–2008)
- Magali Guidascib. 1963FRFrench costume designer
- Magaly Carvajalb. 1968CUnot in their usual namevolleyball player
- Magali Di Marco Messmerb. 1971CHtriathlete
- Magali Bonniolb. 1976FRFrench illustrator
- Magaly Solierb. 1986PEnot in their usual namePeruvian actress and singer
- Magali Greifb. 1998DEGerman actress
- Magali Rosenzweigactress
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 70 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 29 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Magali mean, and where does it come from?
- French form related to Marguerite; from Greek margarites 'pearl'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
- Is Magali a male or female name?
- Magali is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Magali?
- In the etymology graph, Magdalena, Lena and Madeline are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Magali have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 67 thousand people named Magali in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled magali.
- How common is the name Magali?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 22,183 people named Magali in 2022, about 1 in 9.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Magali compared with other names?
- In Paraguay, Magali is the 82nd most common given name of 20,931 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Magali?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/magaliThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Magali” — the 82nd most common given name in Paraguay. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.