Marged
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-ged
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Marged is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “pearl”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Marged mean?
Greek: Welsh form of Margaret
“pearl”
Welsh form of Margaret, from Greek margarites 'pearl'; the pet form Megan grew from it.
Is Marged a girl's or a boy's name?
Marged is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marged in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Marged, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marged in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Marged in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Nicknames for Marged
- Megan 47 girls in the UK in 2025
- Mag
Names like Marged
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Croia, Marigold, Vesper, Coco, Josie, Xena, Inez, Alora, Rosa, Esme, Mairead, Cora
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marged: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marged, updated 20 October 2026.