Nalee
Nalî, also known as Mela Khidrî Ehmedî Šaweysî Mikâʾîlî, was a prominent Kurdish poet, scholar, and linguist from the Sulaymaniyah region in present-day Kurdistan Region, Iraq. He is regarded as one of the most influential figures in classical Kurdish literature and a pioneer in the development of Central Kurdish as a literary language.
Meaning & Origin of Nalee
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Nalî, also known as Mela Khidrî Ehmedî Šaweysî Mikâʾîlî, was a prominent Kurdish poet, scholar, and linguist from the Sulaymaniyah region in present-day Kurdistan Region, Iraq. He is regarded as one of the most influential figures in classical Kurdish literature and a pioneer in the development of Central Kurdish as a literary language.
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The Story of Nalee
The earliest SSA record of Nalee as a baby girl name dates back to 1981, when 5 babies received it. 1988 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Nalee — #6,277 in the national rankings. About 41% of every Nalee on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Nalee last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 76 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Nalee
Nalee is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1981 and has accumulated 76 births in the dataset. Nalee's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #6,277. Use the chart and map above to compare Nalee's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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