Marleigh

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

Babies a year
296
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#976
down from #912
UK popularity
#2605
10 babies

How Marleigh has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#611#834#1056201520212025#976

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#902
2016#922
2017#900
2018#944
2020#724
2021#691
2022#711
2023#924
2024#912
2025#976

Marleigh by the numbers

In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Marleigh. In the US, 296 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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

Its American peak was 305 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

Other names that come from Marlene

Like Marleigh, 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.

  • Marlenebeloved; a form of Magdalene191 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)
  • Marleenbeloved star; variant of Marlene17 in the US (2017)
  • Marlainalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)
  • Marlanalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

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

Sounds like Marleigh

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

  • Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marleepleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley657 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Marleigh

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