Marykay
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Marykay by the numbers
Marykay was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 72 babies in 1961, so it is a 1960s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Marykay
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 Marykay. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maryamstar of the sea or beloved825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryahstar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mariah57 in the US (2017)
- Marykatebitter; pure; a combination of Mary and Kate34 in the US (2017)
- Maryastar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mary10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marikaform of Maria; of the sea; beloved13 in the US (2017)
- Maryiahof the sea or beloved of the lord; a form of Mary11 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Marykay
Names that are said the same way as Marykay, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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