Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Marline is a variant of Marlene. An origin associated with Marlene is German.
Explained through its name family
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
Marline through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,524
- 0 boys · 1,524 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 39 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,635 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.
Marline’s family of names
Marline has a related form in Marlene.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Marleyequivalent
- Marinaequivalent
- Marlinequivalent
- Marinetteequivalent
- Marlinaequivalent
- Marineequivalent
- Marilyneequivalent
- Marlianeequivalent
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People named Marline
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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