Marleigh

Marleigh: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “pleasant wood clearing”
Origin: English
Say it: MAR-lee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Marleigh is a modern respelling of Marley or Marlee, usually taken from an English surname and place name meaning 'pleasant wood' or 'boundary wood.' The -leigh ending is a contemporary spelling choice.

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How popular is Marleigh?

202487.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Marleigh in 2024290

2024 rank#913 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18805,844

Marleigh is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Marleigh

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Marleypleasant wood · Old English
Marliepleasant wood · English
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English

Marleigh questions

What does the name Marleigh mean?

Marleigh means "pleasant wood clearing". It comes from English. Marleigh is a modern respelling of Marley or Marlee, usually taken from an English surname and place name meaning 'pleasant wood' or 'boundary wood.' The -leigh ending is a contemporary spelling choice.

Is Marleigh a boy or girl name?

Marleigh is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Marleigh?

290 US babies were named Marleigh in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Marleigh?

Marleigh is usually pronounced MAR-lee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.