Marnie-Rae
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-nee-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Marnie-Rae is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “of the sea + ewe”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Marnie-Rae mean?
Modern: blend of Marnie and Rae
“of the sea + ewe”
Pairs Marnie, probably a pet form of Marina, with Rae, a short form of Rachel.
Is Marnie-Rae a girl's or a boy's name?
Marnie-Rae is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marnie-Rae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Marnie-Rae, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 20 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Marnie-Rae than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Marnie-Rae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Marnie-Rae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
Nicknames for Marnie-Rae
- Marnie 518 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Marnie-Rae
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marnie, Maria, Ottilie, Margot, Aria, Myla, Rosie, Aurora, Penelope, Elodie, Ivy-Rose, Mabel
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
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-Rae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marnie-rae, updated 20 October 2026.