Given name & surname
Marise
Marise is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Turkish.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Turkish usage, Marise developed from Μέλισσα.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marise through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 285
- 0 boys · 285 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 741 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marise’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Marise developed from the Ancient Greek form Μέλισσα. In Turkish usage, Marise has a related form in Maria. In Turkish usage, Marise was borrowed from the West Circassian form Мэрысэ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marise has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marise
- Marise PayneAustralian politicianborn 1964
- Marise ChamberlainNew Zealand middle-distance runner (1935–2024)
- Marise KrugerSouth African tennis playerborn 1958
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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