Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Marla
/MAR · lah/
Meaning
“Origin uncertain”
20th-century American condensation of Marlene or similar Mar- names, landing on a crisp single syllable; peaked mid-century in the US.
Nicknames
mar
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Feels firmly mid-century American; due for a quiet retro rehabilitation.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1940s through 1970s; rare among newborns now.