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Marley

What does Marley mean?

Marley Pronunciation of Marley as a boys' name (also used more generally as girls' name Marley) is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Marley is "meadow near the lake". Place name. Musician Bob Marley.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Mar-, -ley

ASSOCIATED WITH old english, meadow, lake (river)

Variations

VARIANTS Marlea, Marleigh, Marly

SEE ALSO Marlow

FEMININE FORM Marlene

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Marley Abner (M.A.), ..

How popular is Marley?

Marley is an unusual given name for men but a very prominent last name for both adults and children (#5271 out of 150436, Top 4%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Marley was first listed in 1999 and reached its peak position of #763 in the U.S. in 2008, and is currently at #888. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Marley name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Marley outside U.S.

Which version is better?

The only other popular related form of Marley (#888 FROM CURRENT RECORDS) is Marlow. These forms of Marley were at the top of their popularity in 2014 (USAGE OF 0.01%) and have remained as common to this day (USAGE 0.01%, 6%). Marley is the most trendy baby name in this list.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Marley, Marlow in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Marley and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Marley is pronounced similarly to Marloe, Marlowe, Moorley, Moorly, Morlee, Morley, Morly and Morrley. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Arley, Bailey, Baley, Barkley, Bartley, Bayley, Burley, Carey, Carley, Carly, Carrey, Corley, Dailey, Daley, Darbey, Dawley, Earle, Earley, Early, Farlee, Farley, Farly, Farnley, Garlen, Hagley, Hailey, Haley, Halley, Harley, Harly, Hartley, Harvey, Hawley, Hayley, Hurley, Jarvey, Kaley, Larrey, Macey, Malek, Mallery, Manlea (see Manley), Manly, Marek, Markel, Marlan, Marlen, Marlin, Marten, Marty, Marvel, Marven, Massey, Matvey, Maxey, Merle, Merlen, Mersey, Morey, Morrel, Muriel, Oakley, Paley, Parrey, Sorley, Wardley and Warley. These names tend to be more commonly used than Marley.

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