Mali
Mali is a girl name of Thai origin, meaning Jasmine flower.
What Mali means
Jasmine flower.
Mali is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Mali comes from
Thai given names are frequently long and highly meaningful, drawn from Sanskrit and Pali, while everyday life uses a short nickname instead.
Mali is recorded as Thai in origin. Browse other Thai names.
How popular is Mali?
In the girl name rankings we track, Mali falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Mali
Two ideas meet in Mali: flowers and growing things and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Mali
These share Mali's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Mai — Plum blossom; apricot flower.
- Marigold — The golden marigold flower.
- May — The hawthorn blossom; the fifth month.
- Meadow — A field of wildflowers.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Sakura — Cherry blossom.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.