Maryellen

Maryellen: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “Mary plus Ellen”
Origin: English
Say it: MAIR-ee-EL-en · 4 syllables
Used for: Girls

A compound name combining Mary and Ellen. Mary ultimately comes from Hebrew Miryam, and Ellen is an English form of Helen.

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How popular is Maryellen?

20245.1 per million US babies

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.

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Babies named Maryellen in 202417

Peak year1960

Total US babies since 188013,120

Maryellen is steady now but far below its 1960 peak.

Names like Maryellen

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Laineybright shining one · English
Helentorch; shining light · Greek
Elainebright, shining light · French
Alenabright, shining light · Slavic
Ellentorch; bright shining one · Greek
Elinabright, shining one · Greek
Elenitorch; shining light · Greek
Hellentorch; shining light · Greek

Maryellen questions

What does the name Maryellen mean?

Maryellen means "Mary plus Ellen". It comes from English. A compound name combining Mary and Ellen. Mary ultimately comes from Hebrew Miryam, and Ellen is an English form of Helen.

Is Maryellen a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Maryellen?

17 US babies were named Maryellen in 2024. Its peak year was 1960.

How do you pronounce Maryellen?

Maryellen is usually pronounced MAIR-ee-EL-en.

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.