Given name

Marquesa

Marquesa is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Marquesa is a variant of Marquise. An origin associated with Marquise is French.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Marquesa through the years

Babies since 1880
75
0 boys · 75 girls
Most popular year
1990
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19900.0
Marquesa in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1967–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1996. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 164 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.

Marquesa’s family of names

Marquesa has a related form in Marquise.

Walk Marquesa’s family in the name graph

MarquesaMarquise

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Marquesa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Myriah

“resembling the fragrant oil”

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Majenta

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Maquela

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Mieasha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Marlem

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Madhuri

“one who is gentle and kind” · “a sweet man”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Koressa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Anbria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Marquesa’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Marquesa

A sister for Marquesa