Marline

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language 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◐

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

• Portuguese given name12K records spelled Marline3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Peru, Philippines

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Mårline

• French given name3.6K records spelled Marline5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Congo - Kinshasa

  Also written Marlinè, Marliné, Mårline, Mārlįnę

• Arabic given name349 records spelled Marline7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, United States, United Arab Emirates, Syria

  Also written Màrlìnë, Mãrlįnê, Mărlïně, Mãrlîne, Marlinè

• Danish given name124 records spelled Marline7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Norwegian Bokmål

  Also written Mårline, Mãrlïnê

47 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●

Marline is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, ) Marlina: weibl. Vom., Dop­ pelform aus

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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) — 93 years between 1915–2017. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marline Williamsb. 1961NLDutch actress
• Marline Barberenab. 1987USNicaraguan model
• Marline Yanb. 1993CACanadian actress

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 · 193 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marline?

We estimate roughly 2.5 thousand people bear Marline (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Marline have the most bearers?

We estimate about 1.6 thousand people bear Marline in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled marline.

Where is Marline most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Marline is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 38 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Marline compared with other names?

In Jamaica, Marline is the 872nd most common given name of 20,217 given names recorded there.

Is Marline a male or female name?

Marline 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 Marline mean?

Recorded meaning: A light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying.