Maren

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Marine in FR France, ES Spain, BE Belgium, Მარინე in GE Georgia, Marin in EC Ecuador and มารีนา in TH Thailand.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Maren is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name13K records spelled Maren15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Brazil, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese

  Also written Marén, Mareñ, Mārêñ, Mąřęñ, Marên

• a separate given name2.4K records spelled Maren3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Norway, United Kingdom

  Also written Måren, Marén

• a separate given name1.0K records spelled Maren2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, United Kingdom

  Also written Måren

• Spanish surname396 records spelled Maren179 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Mexico, Spain, United States, Venezuela

  Languages: Spanish, English, Russian

  Also written Marin, Марьин, Марин, Марін, Mariñ

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Maren is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Possibly an altered spelling of Irish Marron.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, Latin; sea

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• unexplained.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In Dutch, a former village and former municipality of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Danish, a female given name, a diminutive of Maria

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 103 years between 1916–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Maren Kroymannb. 1949DEGerman actress, cabaret artist and singer
• Maren Jensenb. 1956USAmerican former model and actress
• Maren Meinertb. 1973DEGerman football coach and former player (born 1973)
• Maren Eggertb. 1974DEGerman actress
• Maren Adeb. 1976DEGerman film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1976)
• Maren Mjeldeb. 1989NONorwegian association football player
• Maren Morrisb. 1990USAmerican country singer
• Maren Skjøldb. 1993NONorwegian alpine skier
• Maren Lundbyb. 1994NONorwegian ski jumper
• Maren Aardahlb. 1994NONorwegian handball player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 614 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Maren?

We estimate roughly 636 thousand people bear Maren (counting its spellings and scripts) across 18 countries in our records.

In which country does Maren have the most bearers?

We estimate about 223 thousand people bear Maren in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records.

Where is Maren most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Maren is densest in Georgia — about 1 in 151 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Maren compared with other names?

In Georgia, Maren is the 41st most common given name of 34,237 given names recorded there.

Is Maren a male or female name?

Maren is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Maren mean?

Recorded meaning: topographic name for someone who lived by a watercourse.