Entry № 6348 · Tamil origin

Malligai Malligai — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ MAHL-lee-gai /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Tamil
Meaning
"Jasmine"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "jasmine".

Malligai is the fragrant white jasmine, woven into garlands and hair across Tamil country — a beloved symbol of purity and sweetness.

Jasmine — a Tamil name.

The name in its native script.

மல்லிகை
Transliteration
Malligai
Pronunciation
/ ˈmal.li.ɡaj /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Malligai stands.

Malligai does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Malligais before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Malligai.

The number behind Malligai.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Malligai reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.