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?
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.
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.