Given name
Marje
“a wished-for daughter”
Marje has a related form in Mari. One Hebrew interpretation is “a wished-for daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marje has a related form in Mari. One Hebrew interpretation is “a wished-for daughter.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marje has a related form in Mari. An origin associated with Mari is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marje through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 5 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 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marje’s family of names
Marje has a related form in Marjorie. In Estonian usage, Marje has a related form in Mari. In Estonian usage, Marje has a related form in MAARJA.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Marje
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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