Marnie

Marnie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“of the sea”
Origin
English
Say it
MAR-nee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually a diminutive of Marina or sometimes Marna/Marion. As a pet form of Marina, it ultimately goes back to Latin marinus, meaning 'of the sea'.

How popular is Marnie?

202422.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Marnie in 202472

2024 rank#2,482 girls

Peak year1969

Total US babies since 18806,054

Marnie is rising: use over the last five years is 3.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Marnie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Marenof the sea · Scandinavian
  • Marinaof the sea · Latin
  • 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

Marnie questions

What does the name Marnie mean?

Marnie means "of the sea". It comes from English. Usually a diminutive of Marina or sometimes Marna/Marion. As a pet form of Marina, it ultimately goes back to Latin marinus, meaning 'of the sea'.

Is Marnie a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Marnie?

72 US babies were named Marnie in 2024. Its peak year was 1969.

How do you pronounce Marnie?

Marnie is usually pronounced MAR-nee.

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.