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[ 2 syll. mar-ley, ma-rl-ey ] The girl name Marley is also used as a boy name, though it is slightly more popular for girls. It is pronounced MAARLiy †. Marley is of Germanic origin and it is used mainly in English. Marley is a form of the German, Polish, and English Marlene. Marley is popular as a baby girl name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name has been growing in popularity since the 1990s; prior to that, it was of only irregular use. Its usage peaked modestly in 2008 with 0.113% of baby girls being named Marley. It had a ranking of #146 then. Among all girl names in its family, Marley was the most popular in 2008. Marley was 5 times more commonly used than the next ranked name, Marlene, in that year. Marley has in the last century been mainly given to girls. Baby names that sound like Marley include the English Marlee, the English Marlie, the name Marelle, the English MariLee, the English Marilee, the English and German Marla, the English Marlo, the name Marrilee, the English Maryl, the English and Welsh Meriel, the name Meril, the name Merilee, the English Merill, the name Merille, the English Merla, the English Merlie, the name Merrall, the name Merril, the English Merrilee, and the English Merrill.
† Pronunciation for Marley: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
