Origin of the Name Maili

The name Maili is a girl’s name that is of Celtic and Gaelic origin. Maili is also used in Hebrew and Polynesian cultures.

Maili is pronounced May Lee.

Maili is the form of Mary. In Gaelic, Maili is a form of Mairi.

Meaning of Maili

The meaning of Maili is sea of bitterness.

Popularity of Maili

The name of Maili is least popular in Canada, the United States, and Germany. China and Austrailia like Maili slightly more than the United States and Canada but not as much as France likes Maili.

Maili has moderate popularity in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Ukraine is the area where most babies girls are named Maili.

Names.org only has a colored bar graph with no years or percentages. Maili has not made it into the top 10 most popular Scottish girl’s names in 2016, 2017, 2018, or 2019. Maili’s best year was in 2000. Maili was 460th place in the United Kingdom. Maili Nurmi, known in the 1950s as Vampira was the most famous person named Maila.

Less than three people in the world were named Maila.

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