Mardin
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in England and Wales.
Babies a year
5
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3684
5 babies
Mardin by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Mardin.
What we can tell you about Mardin
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 Mardin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Martinof mars; warlike1,276 in the US (2017)
- Marvinfamous friend483 in the US (2017)
- Marinof the sea; from marinus171 in the US (2017)
- Marlinlake bird or fish; a form of Merlin95 in the US (2017)
- Marcindedicated to mars; a form of Martin10 in the US (2017)
- Marwinfamous friend; form of marvin6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Mardin
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