Marlee

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning pleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley.

Babies a year
657
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#536
down from #509
UK popularity
#2605
10 babies

How Marlee has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#386#484#581201520202025#536

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#456
2016#454
2017#483
2018#480
2019#447
2020#431
2021#460
2022#454
2023#501
2024#509
2025#536

Marlee by the numbers

In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Marlee. In the US, 657 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 890 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

Other names that come from Marley

Like Marlee, each of these traces back to Marley: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Marelypleasant lake or fen clearing; a form of Marley50 in the US (2017)
  • Marlypleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley44 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marlenebeloved; a form of Magdalene191 in the US (2017)
  • Marleenbeloved star; variant of Marlene17 in the US (2017)
  • Maylee211 in the US (2017)
  • Marlie63 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maelee69 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Marlee

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

  • Marleighlake by the boundary; a modern respelling of Marlene296 in the US (2017)
  • Marlei56 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a meadow or field

Like Marlee, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
  • Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
  • Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
  • Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
  • Haydenvalley with hay3,623 in the US (2017)
  • Everlywild boar meadow; form of Everley3,510 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Marlee

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