Given name & surname
Marl
“from the meadow near the lake”
Marl is a variant of Marley. One English interpretation is “from the meadow near the lake.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marl is a variant of Marley. One English interpretation is “from the meadow near the lake.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marl is a variant of Marley. An origin associated with Marley is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marl through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 116
- 116 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 8 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 boys is 5 in 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 323 as a first name in 2020; 142 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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