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Magalie

Gender
Girl
Say it
mah-gah-LEE
Origin
Greek

Magalie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Magalie mean?

Greek: spelling of Magaly; Spanish spelling of Magali, a Provençal form of Margaret

“pearl”

Magali began as a Provençal form of Margaret, from Greek margarites, 'pearl'.

Meaning borrowed from Magaly.

Is Magalie a girl's or a boy's name?

Magalie is a girls' name.

How popular is Magalie in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1976, with 10 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.

Half of all the girls named Magalie in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1960Busiest: 10 in 19762022
Magalie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20225#15,300
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20175#15,898
20160–
20150–
20147#13,063
20139#10,995
20127#13,477
20115#16,756
20100–
20095#17,288
20089#11,594
20076#15,485
200610#10,606
20057#13,003
20047#12,754
20039#10,420
20028#11,102
20010–
20007#11,794
19996#12,681
19980–
19975#13,719
19960–
19950–
199410#8,116
19936#11,773
19920–
19910–
19907#10,187
19895#12,356
19885#11,792
19870–
19866#9,540
19856#9,304
19848#7,396
19830–
19829#6,886
19815#10,409
19805#10,390
19790–
19780–
19776#8,442
197610#5,599
19755#9,065
19740–
19730–
19725#8,290
19719#5,541
19708#5,817
19690–
19687#5,641
19676#6,041
19660–
19655#6,538
19647#5,473
19635#6,591
19620–
19610–
19608#4,772

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Magalie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/magalie, updated 20 October 2026.