Maly
Origin
Khmer
Syllables
2
Peak era
1980s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
flower, garland; from Sanskrit mala. One of the easiest Khmer names to carry in America, landing next to Molly and Mali in English ears, which is why refugee-era daughters often kept it unchanged while harder names got traded for English ones
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1980s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Maly peaked in the 1980s.
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