Given name & surname
Marlee
“of the marshy meadow”
Marlee is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “of the marshy meadow.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “of the marshy meadow.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marlee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17,923
- 269 boys · 17,654 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 900 babies
- 2025
- 577
- #536 for girls · #6,678 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 564 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 536 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 890 in 2008. It also appeared in 13 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, Florida and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (40 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,597 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.
Marlee’s family of names
Marlee has a related form in Marley. Marlee has a related form in Marley. Marlee has a related form in Marly.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
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.
People named Marlee
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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