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Magi

Girl · MAG-ee · Greek

Magi is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies).

What does Magi mean?

Greek: Welsh pet form of Marged (Margaret)

“pearl”

A Welsh diminutive of Marged, the Welsh form of Margaret, from Greek margarites 'pearl'.

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

Magi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Magi in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,509among girls
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 25,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 32% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Magi, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 13 girls.

Half of all the girls named Magi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 319 girls in the UK were given Magi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #198, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.

1999Busiest: 13 in 20202025
Magi in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#2,509
202411#2,480
202311#2,481
202212#2,277
20216#3,697
202013#2,159
20198#3,018
20184#4,914
201712#2,336
201611#2,510
201512#2,328
20143#5,920
20136#3,719
20124#5,058
20114#4,980
20100–
20095#4,141
20083#5,772
20074#4,494
20060–
20053#4,976
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19993#4,041

Names like Magi

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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