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Marjaan

Gender
Girl
Say it
mar-JAHN
Origin
Persian
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls

Marjaan is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “coral”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).

What does Marjaan mean?

Persian: spelling of Marjan; Persian and Arabic marjan; also a Dutch blend of Maria and Anna

“coral”

The Qur'an speaks of pearls and coral (marjan) brought forth from the seas.

Meaning borrowed from Marjan.

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

Marjaan is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marjaan in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,935th among girls
Babies in 2025
4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 300% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Marjaan, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 girls.

In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were given Marjaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,106, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

2016Busiest: 6 in 20242025
Marjaan in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20246#3,758
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20191#7,346
20180–
20170–
20163#6,009

Names like Marjaan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Marjaan

Names related to Marjaan

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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, “Marjaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marjaan, updated 20 October 2026.