Marium

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Marium by the numbers

Marium was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 1998, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Marium

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

  • Mariamof the sea; beloved; form of Mary179 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mariemof the sea or star of the sea; form of mary15 in the US (2017)
  • Maryumelevated, exalted; Arabic form of Mary4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
  • Miriamstar of the sea; beloved197 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Marium

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

  • Maryamstar of the sea or beloved825 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mariamebeloved by god or star of the sea; a form of Marie11 in the US (2017)
  • Mariemestar of the sea; french feminine form of Mary8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Marium

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