Marven
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAR-vin
- Origin
- Welsh
Marven is a boys' name of Welsh origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Marven mean?
Welsh: spelling of Marvin; medieval variant of Mervyn, from Merfyn
Medieval variant of Mervyn, from Welsh Merfyn; Merfyn Frych was a 9th-century king of Gwynedd.
Meaning borrowed from Marvin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Marven a girl's or a boy's name?
Marven is a boys' name.
How popular is Marven in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1920, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Marven in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marven in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 9 | #2,783 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 9 | #2,563 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,693 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,451 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 18 | #1,871 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 15 | #2,142 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,561 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
Nicknames for Marven
- Marv
Names like Marven
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Warren, Martin, Edwin, Marshall, Owen, Leon, William, Wilson, Alden, Henry, Melvin, Franklin
Names related to Marven
More Welsh names
Dylan, Winnie, Maddox, Morgan, Idris, Reese, Bowen, Griffin, Rhys, Gavin, Reece, Nia, Seren, Gwendolyn, Winifred, Meredith
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marven: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marven, updated 20 October 2026.