Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English usage, Marji is a diminutive of Margaret.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1939. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marji through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 145
- 0 boys · 145 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 13 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 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 267 as a first name in 2020; 428 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.
Marji’s family of names
In English usage, Marji is a diminutive of Margaret. Marji has a related form in Marjorie. In English usage, Marji has a related form in Margie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
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.
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