Marline

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Marline is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: A light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 203K(measured from records)
  • JMJamaica≈1 in 29K
  • GYGuyana1 in 38K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,635 people, 2020

Sources
221 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 29K (inferred from the name graph)

Jamaica, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

A light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Marline counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Marline is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States1,6351 in 203K1.6KMarline221
PH Philippines≈1,200 est.≈1 in 94K—Marline22
BR Brazil6691 in 316K669——
FR France≈360 est.≈1 in 189K85—2
ZA South Africa≈270 est.≈1 in 209K—Marline8
NL Netherlands1991 in 87K199Marline15
JM Jamaica≈98 est.≈1 in 29K—Marline5
CH Switzerland≈81 est.≈1 in 103K—Marline6
GY Guyana201 in 38K20—1

1,635 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Marline is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Peru, Philippines

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mårline

  • French given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Mårline, Marliné, Marlinè, Mārlįnę

  • Arabic given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, United States, Kuwait, Syria

    Also written Màrlìnë, Mãrlįnê, Mărlïně, Mãrlîne, Marlinè

  • Norwegian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Denmark, Norway

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

    Also written Mårline, Mãrlïnê

47 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Marline is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, ) Marlina: weibl. Vom., Dop­ pelform aus

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

196019802000Marline Williams, b. 1961Marline Barberena, b. 1987Marline Yan, b. 1993

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 38 sources across 26 countries.

Official registers attesting Marline
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.6K#8,767
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022669—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—666#10,934
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—603#6,520
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2000596—
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—591#12,904
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1990483—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1980349—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1970261—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—199#3,593
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)1960142—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)1980134—

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Marline mean, and where does it come from?
A light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Marline a male or female name?
Marline is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Marline have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.6 thousand people named Marline, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marline.
How common is the name Marline?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,635 people named Marline in 2020, about 1 in 203 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marline”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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