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Marvel

Marvel: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“wonder, miracle”
Origin
English
Say it
MAR-vul · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (79% girls, 21% boys since 1880)

From the English word marvel, derived through French from Latin mirabilia 'wonderful things.' It has occasional use as a given name for both sexes.

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How popular is Marvel?

20249.3 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 Marvel in 202431

Peak year1899

Total US babies since 18806,533

Marvel is rising: use over the last five years is 2.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Marvel

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Marvel questions

What does the name Marvel mean?

Marvel means "wonder, miracle". It comes from English. From the English word marvel, derived through French from Latin mirabilia 'wonderful things.' It has occasional use as a given name for both sexes.

Is Marvel a boy or girl name?

Marvel is used for both: about 79% of US babies named Marvel since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Marvel?

31 US babies were named Marvel in 2024. Its peak year was 1899.

How do you pronounce Marvel?

Marvel is usually pronounced MAR-vul.

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.