Marlea
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Marlea by the numbers
Marlea was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Marlea
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 Marlea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marleepleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley657 in the US (2017)
- Marlaof mars; a diminutive of Marlene46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marlenalake boundary; a form of Marlene60 in the US (2017)
- Maleacalm; peaceful42 in the US (2017)
- Mareaof the sea; a form of Maria8 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marlea
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