Marla
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning of mars; a diminutive of Marlene.
Marla by the numbers
In 2025, 46 babies in England and Wales were named Marla. In the US, 71 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 1,724 babies in 1955, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Marlene
Like Marla, each of these traces back to Marlene: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Marleighlake by the boundary; a modern respelling of Marlene296 in the US (2017)
- Marlenebeloved; a form of Magdalene191 in the US (2017)
- Marlenalake boundary; a form of Marlene60 in the US (2017)
- Marleenbeloved star; variant of Marlene17 in the US (2017)
- Marlainalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)
- Marlanalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marla. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marabitter74 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marwaa fragrant plant; firmness and hardness143 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marloa form of Marlowe; lake remnant or boundary lake50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Martalady or mistress of the house31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marlypleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley44 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Marla
Names that are said the same way as Marla, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Marlea6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marla
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