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Marnie-Mae

Gender
Girl
Say it
MAR-nee-MAY
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#1,779 for girls

Marnie-Mae is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “of the sea + May”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies).

What does Marnie-Mae mean?

Modern: blend of Marnie and Mae

“of the sea + May”

Pairs Marnie, probably a pet form of Marina, with Mae, a form of May.

Is Marnie-Mae a girl's or a boy's name?

Marnie-Mae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marnie-Mae in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,779th among girls
Babies in 2025
17 about 1 in 16,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Marnie-Mae, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 girls.

Half of all the girls named Marnie-Mae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.

2014Busiest: 18 in 20212025
Marnie-Mae in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202517#1,779
202411#2,480
20239#2,841
202212#2,277
202118#1,726
202014#2,046
20198#3,018
20187#3,344
20176#3,774
20163#6,009
20150–
20144#4,888

Nicknames for Marnie-Mae

Names like Marnie-Mae

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, “Marnie-Mae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marnie-mae, updated 20 October 2026.