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Marli

Marli means “pleasant wood”. 2,846 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.

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What it means

“pleasant wood”

Spelling of Marley

In US birth records

Peak year: 2008

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2,846 US babies were named Marli between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Marli (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 19 Marleys spell it Marli

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2008)