Marly
A girls’ name of English origin, meaning pleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley.
Marly by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Marly. In the US, 44 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 89 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marly. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marloa form of Marlowe; lake remnant or boundary lake50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marlaof mars; a diminutive of Marlene46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marelypleasant lake or fen clearing; a form of Marley50 in the US (2017)
- Marcyof Mars; warrior; form of Marcia14 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Marly
Names that are said the same way as Marly, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Marly, 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 Marly
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