Malerie
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in the US.
Malerie by the numbers
Malerie was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 88 babies in 1987, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Malerie
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Malerie. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Malorieunfortunate, unlucky; a form of Mallory32 in the US (2017)
- Malarie11 in the US (2017)
- Marieof the sea; beloved; form of Mary453 in the US (2017)
- Mallorieunfortunate or ill-fated; a form of Mallory50 in the US (2017)
- Maevieintoxicating one; diminutive of Maeve17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malaniedark, black; a form of Melanie12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Malerie
Names that are said the same way as Malerie, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Malerie
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