Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Marye is a form of Mary. The origin of Mary is uncertain.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marye through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,557
- 0 boys · 1,557 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 47 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 678 as a first name in 2020; 215 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.
Marye’s family of names
In English usage, Marye has a related form in Mary.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
People named Marye
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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