Maree
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Maree by the numbers
Maree was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 1918, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Maree
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 Maree. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marleepleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley657 in the US (2017)
- Marenof the sea; feminine form of Marinus463 in the US (2017)
- Marieof the sea; beloved; form of Mary453 in the US (2017)
- Mareaof the sea; a form of Maria8 in the US (2017)
- Marteof mars; the god of war6 in the US (2017)
- Maraegathering place; courtyard5 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Maree
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