Marjolein
given name · Western Frisian · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Marjolein is a given name, most frequently recorded in the Netherlands. It appears chiefly in Western Frisian and Dutch, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a marjoram; any plant of the genus Origanum.
- NLNetherlands1 in 1.5K◐
- USUnited States1 in 3.1M
- BEBelgium1 in 17K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
a marjoram; any plant of the genus Origanum
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 80,372 | 95% |
| US United States | 1,006 | 1% |
| BE Belgium | 904 | 1% |
| FR France | 346 | 1% |
| GB United Kingdom | 245 | 1% |
≈82,873 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Western Frisian30K36%
- Dutch29K34%
- English20K24%
- German9831%
- French7281%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Western Frisian | 30,234 | 36% |
| Dutch | 28,856 | 34% |
| English | 20,211 | 24% |
| German | 983 | 1% |
| French | 728 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
Show as table
| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1995 | 36 |
| 1996 | 28 |
| 1997 | 26 |
| 1998 | 20 |
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2000 | 22 |
| 2001 | 12 |
| 2002 | 12 |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 13 |
| 2006 | 13 |
| 2007 | 7 |
| 2008 | 13 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2011 | 12 |
| 2012 | 7 |
BE Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) — 17 years between 1995–2012. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Marjolein Bastinb. 1943NLDutch artist (born 1943)
- Marjolein Faberb. 1960NLDutch politician (born 1960)
- Marjolein Eijsvogelb. 1961NLfield hockey player
- Marjolein Keuningb. 1962NLDutch singer, presenter and actor (born 1962)
- Marjolein van Unenb. 1962NLDutch judoka
- Marjolein Beumerb. 1966NLDutch actress (born 1966)
- Marjolein Dijkstrab. 1967NLDutch condensed matter physicist
- Marjolein Kriekb. 1973NLDutch biologist and geneticist
- Marjolein Buisb. 1988NLDutch female wheelchair tennis player
- Marjolein Lips-WiersmaNZresearcher
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●
Attested in 20 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 17K | #131 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 13K | #292 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 68 | #9,885 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1995 | 36 | #285 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 33 | #17,946 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 32 | #14,742 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 30 | #42,255 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 28 | #9,527 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1996 | 28 | #354 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 27 | #21,472 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 1997 | 26 | #362 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2000 | 22 | #422 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 58 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Marjolein?
- Our records include 82,873 bearers of Marjolein across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Marjolein have the most bearers?
- Marjolein is most frequently recorded in the Netherlands.
- Is Marjolein a male or female name?
- Marjolein 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 Marjolein mean?
- Recorded meaning: a marjoram; any plant of the genus Origanum
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marjolein”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.