Motti
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MOT-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Motti is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “of Marduk”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Motti mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Motty; pet form of Mordechai
“of Marduk”
A familiar form of Mordechai, used especially in Orthodox Jewish families; Mordecai is the hero of the Book of Esther.
Meaning borrowed from Motty.
Is Motti a girl's or a boy's name?
Motti is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Motti in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 188% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Motti, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Motti in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were given Motti or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,396, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Motty 11
- Motti 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Motti in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
Names like Motti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Levi, Eli, Noah, Ali, Reuben, Bodhi, Zion, Micah, Caleb, Jonah, Ari, Jesse
Other spellings of Motti
Names related to Motti
More Hebrew names
Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Motti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/motti, updated 20 October 2026.