Given name & surname

Maree

Maree is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Yola.

Meaning & origin

How it developed

In Yola usage, Maree developed from Maria. In Yola usage, Maree developed from Marie.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Maree through the years

Babies since 1880
1,049
0 boys · 1,049 girls
Most popular year
1918
26 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0102030401900192019401960198020002025Highest share 18970.0
Maree in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1894–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 26 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 806 as a first name in 2020; 517 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.

Maree’s family of names

In Yola usage, Maree developed from the Latin form Maria. Maree has a related form in Marie. In Yola usage, Maree developed from Marie.

Walk Maree’s family in the name graph

MareeMarieMarreeMariaMaryMareMareen

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Around the world

Maree has relatives in 3 languages.

2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 4

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Maree

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Maree, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

English · Old-fashioned

Mamie

Mamie is connected with Margaret and Mary in English naming traditions.

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Nature

Mallie

“one who is sweet and gentle” · “star of the sea”

33RareRising

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Madaline

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Margie

Margie is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Cebuano.

21RareRising

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Margret

“resembling a pearl” · “the child of light”

23RareSteady

>99% girls

Vintage revival

Mable

“one who is lovable”

36RareRising fast

>99% girls

English · Old-fashioned

Marguerite

“resembling a pearl” · “the child of light”

36RareSteady

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Maree’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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