Given name & surname
Marah
“a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful”
Marah is a variant of Mara. One Hebrew interpretation is “a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marah is a variant of Mara. One Hebrew interpretation is “a grieving woman; one who is sorrowful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marah is a variant of Mara. A possible origin is Hebrew, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,365
- 0 boys · 2,365 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 117 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,728 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,728 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 0.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 117 in 2004. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,360 as a first name in 2020; 374 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marah’s family of names
Marah has a related form in Mara. In English usage, Marah has a conventional equivalent in the German form Mara. In English usage, Marah has a conventional equivalent in the Hebrew form מרה.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 9
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
- Mariashares a root
- Maryshares a root
- Miriamshares a root
- Marthashares a root
- Mordecaishares a root
- Merarishares a root
- Meraiahshares a root
- Meraiothshares a root
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People named Marah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.