Given name & surname
Marlies
Marlies is a feminine given name. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Marlies isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marlies through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 175
- 0 boys · 175 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 12 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 6 in 1999. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 727 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.
Marlies’s family of names
In Dutch usage, Marlies is a diminutive of Maria. In German usage, Marlies has a related form in Marlis.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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 Marlies
- Marlies GöhrGerman athleteborn 1958
- Marlies Schildformer Austrian Alpine skierborn 1981
- Marlies SmuldersDutch rowerborn 1982
- Marlies RostockEast German cross-country skierborn 1960
- Marlies OesterSwiss alpine skierborn 1976
- Marlies AskampGerman basketball player (born 1970)
- Marlies MejíasCuban racing cyclistborn 1992
- Marlies OberholzerSwiss alpine skierborn 1958
- Marlies OostdamNew Zealand footballerborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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