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Marley-James

Gender
Boy
Say it
MAR-lee-JAYMZ
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys

Marley-James is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Marley-James mean?

English: Marley + James

Joins Marley (English) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).

Meanings borrowed from Marley and James.

Is Marley-James a girl's or a boy's name?

Marley-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marley-James in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,065th among boys
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Marley-James, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 boys.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2011Busiest: 6 in 20122025
Marley-James in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20245#3,772
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20153#4,955
20140–
20130–
20126#3,167
20113#4,837

Names like Marley-James

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

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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, “Marley-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marley-james, updated 20 October 2026.