Marielys

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Marielys by the numbers

Marielys was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Marielys

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 Marielys. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marielisbeloved by god and lily; a blend of Marie and Lis11 in the US (2017)
  • Mariely32 in the US (2017)
  • Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
  • Mariellaof the sea; a form of Maria30 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marielleof the sea; a form of Mary138 in the US (2017)
  • Marielof the sea; a form of Mary or Muriel124 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Marielys

Names that are said the same way as Marielys, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Maryaliceof mary and alice combined14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Marielys

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