Malý

surname · Latin script

Meaning: small

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/maliː/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Malý is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 1.6K(measured from records)
  • SKSlovakia1 in 5.7K
  • UYUruguay1 in 40K

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.

Czechia (measured from records)

6,588 people

Sources
80 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.6K (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

Locally spelled Mály in HU Hungary.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

small

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Malý 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.

Where Malý is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia#2236,5881 in 1.6K6.6KMalý80
US United States—2,5431 in 131K2.5K—59
SK Slovakia—9481 in 5.7K948Malý36
FR France—≈370 est.≈1 in 185K41Malý1
GB United Kingdom—≈360 est.≈1 in 185K—Malý9
HU Hungary—≈150 est.≈1 in 65K—Mály33
UY Uruguay—851 in 40K85——

6,588 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. 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: MVČR — living population register 2017; naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; JÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

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

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Maly

  • French given name36 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Brazil, United States, Mexico

    Languages: French, Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Maely, Maëly, Maély, Mae-Ly, Maêly

  • Croatian surname24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia

    Languages: Croatian, Czech, Slovenian

    Also written Mali, Мали, Malí, Maly, Mãly

  • Danish surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark

    Also written Maly

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Măly, Maly

  • French name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written Maly, Malÿ

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Maly

11 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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Malý is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In zlw-ocs, small, little (not big)

    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)

18001850190019502000Jakub Malý, b. 1811Ctibor Malý, b. 1885Josef Malý, b. 1894Václav Malý, b. 1950Vladimír Malý, b. 1952Ondřej Malý, b. 1966Petr Malý, b. 1984Michal Malý, b. 1987Ondřej Malý, b. 1991Dominik Malý, b. 1996

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).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalVážený pane / paní Malý,Dear Malý, (English)
InformalVážený pane / paní Malý,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 9 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Malý
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—6.6K#83
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—6.6K#83
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—6.6K#84
SK SlovakiaJÚĽŠ SAV — Databáza priezvisk na Slovensku (surname database, 1995 census)1995948—

Reference works 1

  • 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 Malý mean, and where does it come from?
small Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Malý?
A machine transcription gives /maliː/ (IPA) for Czech.
In which country does Malý have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 6.6 thousand people named Malý, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled malý.
Where is Malý most common?
Malý is densest in Czechia, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.6 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Malý?
In Czechia, the national register counted 6,588 people named Malý, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
How common is Malý compared with other names?
In Czechia, Malý is the 223rd most common surname of 114,573 surnames recorded there.

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The payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.

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, “Malý” — the 223rd most common surname in Czechia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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