Given name
Marlys
“from the high tower”
Marlys is a variant of Marlas. One Greek interpretation is “from the high tower.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marlys is a variant of Marlas. One Greek interpretation is “from the high tower.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marlys is a variant of Marlas. An origin associated with Marlas is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marlys through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,963
- 5 boys · 8,958 girls
- Most popular year
- 1937
- 369 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 369 in 1937. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,598 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.
Marlys’s family of names
Marlys has a related form in Marlis. Marlys has a related form in Marlas.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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