Marylin
A girls’ name of English origin, meaning of the sea with a lake; a form of Marilyn.
Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Marylin by the numbers
Marylin was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 122 babies in 1943, so it is a 1940s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marylin. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Madylinof Magdala; a respelling of Madeline18 in the US (2017)
- Marylynbeloved; star of the sea; a blended form of mary and lynn
- Maylin88 in the US (2017)
- Marelin5 in the US (2017)
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
- Maryannstar of the sea; beloved; combination of Mary and Ann90 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Marylin
Names that are said the same way as Marylin, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Marilynnstar of the sea with lake; combination of mary and lynn68 in the US (2017)
- Maryellenbitter grace light; combination of Mary and Ellen4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marylynnbitter grace lake; combination of Mary and Lynn18 in the US (2017)
- Marelynblend of mary and lynn or similar14 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the sea
Like Marylin, each of these has the sea in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Dylanson of the sea10,158 in the US (2017)
- Kaisea672 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Morgansea-born; great and bright2,273 in the US (2017)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marylin
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