Marlina
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Marlina by the numbers
Marlina was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 41 babies in 1978, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Marlina
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 Marlina. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marinaof the sea68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Martinadedicated to mars; warlike26 in England and Wales (2025)
- Malinaraspberry or small strong warrior133 in the US (2017)
- Marlenalake boundary; a form of Marlene60 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)
Sounds like Marlina
Names that are said the same way as Marlina, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Marlina
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