Given name & surname
Maron
Maron is a surname. It is used in English, Polish, Icelandic, and Slovak.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Maron 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 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 410
- 377 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 14 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 473 as a first name in 2020; 1,459 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.
Maron’s family of names
In Greek usage, Maron as a surname is a transliteration of Μάρον.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Maron, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Mahlon
“one who is sick”
98% boys · 2% girls
Harmon
“a soldier”
91% boys · 9% girls
Milton
“from the mill town”
>99% boys
Mervin
“a friend of the sea”
>99% boys
Manning
“daughter of Man” · “the son of the man; the son of the hero”
95% boys · 5% girls
Hilton
“a wealthy woman” · “from the town on the hill”
85% boys · 15% girls
Merle
“resembling a blackbird”
98% boys · 2% girls
Myron
“refers to myrrh, a fragrant oil”
>99% boys