Marlayah

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

Marlayah by the numbers

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

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Marlayah

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

  • Marayahvision of the lord; a form of Mariah11 in the US (2017)
  • Malayah244 in the US (2017)
  • Marlaya11 in the US (2017)
  • Marliyah11 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mariyahof the sea or star of the sea; a form of maria246 in the US (2017)
  • Maryahstar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mariah57 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Marlayah

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

  • Maryellaof the sea; a blend of Mary and Ella22 in the US (2017)
  • Marellaof the sea; a form of Marella or Maria10 in the US (2017)
  • Marillastar of the sea; beloved; a form of Maria7 in the US (2017)
  • Marlia16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marleah8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Marlayah

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