Marelin
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Marelin by the numbers
Marelin was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 33 babies in 2008, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Marelin
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 Marelin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Marelin
Names that are said the same way as Marelin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
- Marilynnstar of the sea with lake; combination of mary and lynn68 in the US (2017)
- Maryellenbitter grace light; combination of Mary and Ellen4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marylynnbitter grace lake; combination of Mary and Lynn18 in the US (2017)
- Marylynbeloved; star of the sea; a blended form of mary and lynn
Names about as common as Marelin
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