Marlayna

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Marlayna by the numbers

Marlayna was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 36 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Marlayna

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

  • Marlainalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)
  • Marlanalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)
  • Malayna43 in the US (2017)
  • Marlaya11 in the US (2017)
  • Marleyna5 in the US (2017)
  • Marianaof the sea; feminine form of Marius1,084 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Marlayna

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

  • Marlenalake boundary; a form of Marlene60 in the US (2017)
  • Marlina5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Marlayna

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