Marlana

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning lake by the boundary; a form of Marlene.

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

Marlana by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 169 babies in 1978, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Marlene

Like Marlana, 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)
  • Marlaof mars; a diminutive of Marlene46 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marleenbeloved star; variant of Marlene17 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marlana. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marianaof the sea; feminine form of Marius1,084 in the US (2017)
  • Marlenalake boundary; a form of Marlene60 in the US (2017)
  • Maryanaof the sea; variant of mariana15 in the US (2017)
  • Marlainalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)
  • Malana35 in the US (2017)
  • Marlayna20 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Marlana

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

Names about as common as Marlana

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