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Marelin

Gender
Girl
Say it
MAR-uh-lin
Origin
Modern

Marelin is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Marelin come from?

Modern: variant of Marilyn, which blends Mary and Lynn

Is Marelin a girl's or a boy's name?

Marelin is a girls' name.

How popular is Marelin in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.

Half of all the girls named Marelin in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1969Busiest: 33 in 20082022
Marelin in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20226#13,586
20217#12,201
20206#13,448
20197#12,442
20185#15,677
20175#15,898
20160–
20150–
20147#13,063
20138#11,964
201212#9,105
201113#8,610
201020#6,380
200915#8,054
200833#4,549
200723#5,891
200615#7,865
20057#13,003
200410#9,887
200311#9,043
20028#11,102
20017#12,049
20008#10,738
19990–
19980–
19976#12,065
19965#13,511
19950–
19946#11,771
19930–
19927#10,471
19915#13,139
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19695#7,469

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Marelin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marelin, updated 20 October 2026.