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Marley Say it: MAR-lee
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Meaning From an English surname taken from place names, from Old English leah 'clearing' with a first element that may be 'boundary', 'pleasant' or 'marten'.
Uncertain several explanations, none settled.
Associated with Bob Marley, it rose as a girls' name in the US from the 2000s.
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In the United States 0 0.5 1 1.5 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Girls 2008 Boys 2014 per 1,000 babies of that sex 31,835 babies given this name since 1914 At its height in 2008, about 1 in 802 girls 1,588 babies in 2020 The family of the name Other spellings: Marlee, Marleigh
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