Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇨🇭 Magali
/mah · gah · LEE/
Meaning
“Pearl”
Provençal form of Magdalene, popularized by Frédéric Mistral's 1859 Occitan poem Mirèio; carries the sun-soaked warmth of southern France.
Nicknames
mag
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Poetic and regional; ages beautifully in southern France, less so elsewhere.
The cultural moment.
Popular in France from the 1970s through 1990s; declining but not forgotten.