Marilyn Forename
932nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 970,253 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Marilyn Forename Definition:
A Hebrew-Teutonic name, meaning: Of Mary’s line.
Marilyn Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 497,443 | 1:729 | 143 |
| Philippines | 99% | 283,481 | 1:374 | 28 |
| Canada | 100% | 40,078 | 1:827 | 179 |
| England | 100% | 34,158 | 1:1,628 | 301 |
| South Africa | 100% | 10,759 | 1:5,069 | 955 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9,717 | 1:3,108 | 450 |
| Australia | - | 7,610 | 1:1,795 | 355 |
| Cuba | - | 6,431 | 1:1,789 | 321 |
| Peru | 100% | 5,994 | 1:5,304 | 789 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4,309 | 1:1,306 | 277 |
| Chile | 100% | 4,213 | 1:4,179 | 461 |
| Wales | 100% | 4,073 | 1:760 | 188 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4,035 | 1:1,182 | 240 |
| New Zealand | - | 3,862 | 1:1,175 | 276 |
| France | 100% | 3,670 | 1:18,112 | 865 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,620 | 1:2,882 | 464 |
| Ghana | 100% | 2,922 | 1:9,236 | 927 |
| Mexico | 100% | 2,544 | 1:48,799 | 1,863 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,498 | 1:2,142 | 306 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 2,175 | 1:626 | 69 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2,152 | 1:1,650 | 225 |
| Iraq | 100% | 2,081 | 1:16,827 | 1,038 |
| Panama | 100% | 1,713 | 1:2,281 | 459 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1,560 | 1:30,628 | 1,746 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 1,370 | 1:22,226 | 2,197 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 1,215 | 1:13,258 | 1,002 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,160 | 1:15,282 | 1,019 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,085 | 1:197,453 | 8,861 |
| Israel | 98% | 1,070 | 1:7,853 | 1,103 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,045 | 1:16,174 | 1,684 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,017 | 1:2,835 | 577 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 930 | 1:25,559 | 4,519 |
| Bahamas | - | 924 | 1:432 | 89 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 911 | 1:194,911 | 8,537 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 885 | 1:11,979 | 1,127 |
| Belgium | 100% | 718 | 1:16,003 | 1,381 |
| Germany | 100% | 619 | 1:156,184 | 2,730 |
| Spain | 100% | 551 | 1:84,446 | 2,652 |
| Honduras | 100% | 523 | 1:16,859 | 1,326 |
| India | 100% | 512 | 1:2,372,809 | 116,977 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 448 | 1:34,428 | 3,313 |
| Malta | - | 432 | 1:994 | 218 |
| Egypt | 62% | 369 | 1:249,054 | 8,446 |
| Jordan | 100% | 369 | 1:23,921 | 1,136 |
| Guyana | 100% | 365 | 1:2,091 | 401 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 362 | 1:22,520 | 2,240 |
| Suriname | 100% | 362 | 1:1,527 | 347 |
| Palestine | 100% | 351 | 1:12,963 | 908 |
| Portugal | - | 351 | 1:29,661 | 1,231 |
| Argentina | 100% | 327 | 1:130,805 | 2,084 |
| Singapore | 100% | 316 | 1:19,896 | 3,611 |
| Indonesia | - | 312 | 1:826,807 | 54,105 |
| Liberia | 100% | 310 | 1:14,232 | 1,103 |
| Ireland | 100% | 299 | 1:15,530 | 894 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 296 | 1:526 | 160 |
| Thailand | 100% | 294 | 1:238,319 | 14,711 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Poland | 89% | 283 | 1:134,371 | 2,707 |
| El Salvador | - | 279 | 1:22,730 | 1,121 |
| Barbados | - | 276 | 1:1,050 | 245 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 276 | 1:78,299 | 4,435 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 268 | 1:410 | 51 |
| Fiji | - | 259 | 1:3,445 | 924 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 255 | 1:32,210 | 1,765 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 252 | 1:23,882 | 1,646 |
| Syria | - | 244 | 1:79,123 | 1,776 |
| Kenya | - | 243 | 1:190,564 | 7,862 |
| Bahrain | - | 222 | 1:6,075 | 981 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 208 | 1:2,793 | 423 |
| Guam | - | 192 | 1:837 | 176 |
| China | - | 185 | 1:7,384,085 | 59,391 |
| Sweden | 100% | 177 | 1:55,694 | 2,842 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 175 | 1:568 | 60 |
| Mauritius | - | 169 | 1:7,679 | 1,075 |
| Belize | 100% | 166 | 1:2,134 | 485 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 164 | 1:1,084 | 170 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 158 | 1:45,803 | 1,802 |
| Malawi | 100% | 148 | 1:115,624 | 6,115 |
| Kuwait | - | 142 | 1:26,657 | 2,664 |
| Norway | 100% | 141 | 1:36,399 | 1,695 |
| Bermuda | - | 131 | 1:495 | 75 |
| Italy | 98% | 130 | 1:469,708 | 5,122 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 116 | 1:15,889 | 904 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 115 | 1:29,806 | 1,359 |
| Aruba | - | 109 | 1:952 | 190 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 107 | 1:1,043 | 156 |
| Brunei | 100% | 105 | 1:3,996 | 404 |
| Grenada | 100% | 105 | 1:1,030 | 202 |
| Greece | 100% | 92 | 1:118,854 | 3,000 |
| Estonia | 100% | 91 | 1:14,455 | 1,406 |
| Jersey | - | 88 | 1:1,136 | 244 |
| Qatar | 100% | 87 | 1:27,237 | 3,729 |
| Zambia | - | 87 | 1:182,239 | 6,643 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 80 | 1:686 | 108 |
| Botswana | 100% | 79 | 1:27,651 | 3,112 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 78 | 1:3,464 | 549 |
| Namibia | - | 75 | 1:32,056 | 2,430 |
| Hong Kong | - | 73 | 1:106,202 | 2,848 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 72 | 1:434 | 34 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 68 | 1:1,085,700 | 31,208 |
| Dominica | - | 67 | 1:1,126 | 214 |
| Austria | 100% | 65 | 1:130,988 | 2,404 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 64 | 1:824,817 | 18,308 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 64 | 1:542 | 89 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 58 | 1:943 | 196 |
| Yemen | - | 58 | 1:453,392 | 2,289 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 56 | 1:3,470,673 | 38,610 |
| Uganda | 100% | 54 | 1:758,461 | 14,762 |
| Cambodia | 97% | 51 | 1:319,085 | 8,341 |
| Haiti | 100% | 49 | 1:218,917 | 9,687 |
| Guernsey | - | 42 | 1:1,508 | 269 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 41 | 1:1,495 | 349 |
| Denmark | - | 41 | 1:137,793 | 3,538 |
| Russia | 89% | 40 | 1:3,605,843 | 19,731 |
| Japan | - | 38 | 1:3,368,054 | 24,004 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 37 | 1:1,385 | 190 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 36 | 1:196,907 | 408 |
| French Polynesia | - | 32 | 1:8,684 | 1,174 |
| American Samoa | - | 29 | 1:1,926 | 312 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 24 | 1:552 | 56 |
| Ivory Coast | 91% | 24 | 1:961,497 | 28,831 |
| Cyprus | - | 23 | 1:37,873 | 1,806 |
| Finland | 100% | 21 | 1:261,104 | 3,985 |
| Czechia | 90% | 20 | 1:532,808 | 2,565 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Iceland | - | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| South Korea | - | 17 | 1:326,142 | 10,022 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 16 | 1:364 | 100 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14 | 1:510,857 | 17,236 |
| Vietnam | - | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 9 | 1:10,840,015 | 14,737 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Sudan | - | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 7 | 1:2,625,638 | 48,146 |
| Georgia | - | 7 | 1:534,067 | 9,579 |
| Belarus | 67% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Monaco | - | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Senegal | 80% | 6 | 1:2,430,226 | 14,702 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Benin | 100% | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Micronesia | - | 5 | 1:21,300 | 626 |
| Afghanistan | - | 4 | 1:8,155,879 | 35,337 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Croatia | - | 4 | 1:1,054,269 | 9,352 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Andorra | - | 3 | 1:27,629 | 798 |
| Moldova | - | 3 | 1:1,187,046 | 5,200 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Nauru | 100% | 2 | 1:5,964 | 459 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Hungary | 97% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 1 | 1:9,555 | 215 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
The alternate forms: Márilyn (2) are calculated separately.
Marilyn (1,787) may also be a surname.
Marilyn Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Hebrew-Teutonic name, meaning: Of Mary’s line.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Marilyn Forename Popularity
Marilyn Demographics
Marilyn Political Affiliation
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Sample size: 111,071 (2014)
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