Baby name
RISING
🇦🇺 🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Marley
/MAR · lee/
Meaning
“Boundary wood”
English surname turned given name, from Old English meaning boundary wood; the Jamaican musician Bob Marley transformed this into a globally recognized cultural name.
Nicknames
mar
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Feels current without being trendy; strong cultural anchor keeps it fresh.
The cultural moment.
Rising steadily in the US and Australia since the early 2000s; top 100 in the US by 2015.