Marjorie Forename
1,966th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 514,759 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Curaçao
Marjorie Forename Definition:
A female name. Margerie was a French popular form of Marguerite (see Margaret) and it is found in England as early as 1194; Marjorie was a less usual spelling but is of about the same age. Margery was regarded as a separate name as early as the 13th C, and all connexion with Margaret was soon lost.
Read More About This ForenameMarjorie Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 219,915 | 1:1,649 | 341 |
| Philippines | 99% | 75,582 | 1:1,403 | 283 |
| England | 100% | 58,055 | 1:958 | 213 |
| Haiti | 100% | 26,133 | 1:410 | 50 |
| Ecuador | - | 20,544 | 1:863 | 173 |
| France | 100% | 18,554 | 1:3,583 | 377 |
| Canada | 100% | 13,088 | 1:2,532 | 489 |
| Chile | 100% | 11,958 | 1:1,472 | 252 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 9,154 | 1:521 | 94 |
| Brazil | 100% | 6,725 | 1:31,857 | 2,612 |
| Jamaica | - | 5,642 | 1:511 | 108 |
| South Africa | 100% | 4,562 | 1:11,954 | 1,933 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 3,589 | 1:8,415 | 943 |
| Wales | 100% | 3,342 | 1:926 | 222 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2,791 | 1:2,156 | 395 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,785 | 1:1,921 | 289 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,738 | 1:4,197 | 691 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2,501 | 1:6,167 | 917 |
| Zambia | - | 2,313 | 1:6,855 | 862 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,928 | 1:8,767 | 1,134 |
| Australia | - | 1,559 | 1:8,761 | 882 |
| Peru | 100% | 1,510 | 1:21,054 | 1,653 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,348 | 1:20,019 | 1,515 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 940 | 1:1,448 | 278 |
| Ireland | 100% | 939 | 1:4,945 | 486 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 933 | 1:33,025 | 4,029 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 914 | 1:11,413 | 1,293 |
| New Zealand | - | 899 | 1:5,046 | 700 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 833 | 1:2,213 | 351 |
| Suriname | 100% | 790 | 1:700 | 106 |
| Panama | 100% | 730 | 1:5,351 | 892 |
| Barbados | - | 679 | 1:427 | 93 |
| Malawi | 100% | 656 | 1:26,086 | 2,174 |
| Gabon | - | 641 | 1:2,938 | 671 |
| Mauritius | - | 479 | 1:2,709 | 487 |
| Honduras | 100% | 458 | 1:19,252 | 1,427 |
| Spain | 100% | 427 | 1:108,969 | 3,024 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 419 | 1:38,445 | 1,504 |
| Bahamas | - | 416 | 1:960 | 245 |
| Colombia | 87% | 399 | 1:119,747 | 3,616 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 390 | 1:399 | 103 |
| Uganda | 99% | 336 | 1:121,896 | 5,126 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 311 | 1:97,910 | 6,905 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 291 | 1:28,225 | 1,679 |
| El Salvador | - | 281 | 1:22,569 | 1,112 |
| Germany | 100% | 279 | 1:346,516 | 4,235 |
| Thailand | 100% | 253 | 1:276,940 | 16,140 |
| Guyana | 100% | 241 | 1:3,167 | 623 |
| Mexico | 99% | 240 | 1:517,268 | 5,733 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 191 | 1:1,414 | 302 |
| Kenya | 100% | 183 | 1:253,044 | 9,444 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Jersey | - | 142 | 1:704 | 165 |
| Cuba | - | 137 | 1:83,989 | 1,891 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 136 | 1:59,943 | 5,776 |
| Belize | 100% | 132 | 1:2,684 | 614 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 128 | 1:185,701 | 17,076 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 123 | 1:892 | 174 |
| India | 100% | 118 | 1:10,295,576 | 306,517 |
| Italy | 100% | 115 | 1:530,975 | 5,563 |
| French Polynesia | - | 113 | 1:2,459 | 522 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 103 | 1:34,469 | 1,163 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 99 | 1:1,793,579 | 37,113 |
| Singapore | 100% | 94 | 1:66,884 | 6,929 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 92 | 1:6,131 | 604 |
| Sweden | 100% | 91 | 1:108,329 | 4,549 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 90 | 1:681 | 120 |
| Namibia | - | 84 | 1:28,621 | 2,281 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 82 | 1:1,212 | 251 |
| Guam | - | 77 | 1:2,086 | 455 |
| Qatar | 100% | 74 | 1:32,022 | 4,280 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 72 | 1:482 | 69 |
| Grenada | 100% | 67 | 1:1,614 | 345 |
| Congo | 100% | 65 | 1:77,065 | 5,331 |
| Japan | - | 65 | 1:1,969,016 | 19,563 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Aruba | - | 58 | 1:1,789 | 363 |
| Portugal | - | 55 | 1:189,288 | 4,092 |
| Seychelles | - | 52 | 1:1,782 | 417 |
| Israel | 100% | 51 | 1:164,763 | 5,636 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 49 | 1:145,959 | 10,004 |
| Argentina | 100% | 46 | 1:929,853 | 5,018 |
| Bermuda | - | 45 | 1:1,441 | 332 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 45 | 1:2,480 | 472 |
| Hong Kong | - | 41 | 1:189,091 | 3,221 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 37 | 1:4,806 | 808 |
| Norway | 100% | 36 | 1:142,565 | 4,031 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 34 | 1:25,620 | 1,465 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 34 | 1:1,614 | 377 |
| Botswana | 100% | 32 | 1:68,264 | 6,262 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 31 | 1:110,569 | 2,725 |
| China | - | 30 | 1:45,535,193 | 62,023 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Iceland | - | 22 | 1:16,637 | 1,246 |
| Cameroon | - | 21 | 1:1,029,072 | 27,052 |
| Denmark | - | 21 | 1:269,024 | 5,348 |
| Liberia | 100% | 21 | 1:210,098 | 7,343 |
| Monaco | 100% | 18 | 1:2,137 | 433 |
| Nauru | 100% | 18 | 1:663 | 78 |
| Austria | 100% | 16 | 1:532,138 | 4,883 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 16 | 1:12,147,355 | 77,853 |
| Finland | 87% | 15 | 1:365,546 | 4,839 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 14 | 1:3,905 | 670 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 13 | 1:44,689 | 2,823 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 11 | 1:530 | 137 |
| Indonesia | - | 10 | 1:25,796,367 | 599,978 |
| Egypt | 100% | 9 | 1:10,211,216 | 21,716 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:4,200,775 | 4,893 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Greece | 100% | 7 | 1:1,562,078 | 10,407 |
| Macau | - | 7 | 1:86,887 | 752 |
| Montserrat | - | 7 | 1:697 | 83 |
| Benin | - | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Bolivia | - | 5 | 1:2,120,281 | 4,345 |
| Cambodia | - | 5 | 1:3,254,666 | 31,163 |
| Dominica | - | 5 | 1:15,094 | 483 |
| Russia | 100% | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Oman | - | 4 | 1:1,027,167 | 6,577 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4 | 1:5,199,772 | 10,550 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 3 | 1:28,341 | 386 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 3 | 1:17,596,106 | 69,562 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Iraq | - | 1 | 1:35,017,859 | 22,933 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Lebanon | - | 1 | 1:5,627,571 | 19,299 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:51,230 | 5,014 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Senegal | 100% | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Tunisia | - | 1 | 1:676,902 | 12,933 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Márjorie (14), Marjoriê (4), Marjorié (3) & Marjórie (1) are calculated separately.
Marjorie (72) may also be a surname.
Marjorie Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. Margerie was a French popular form of Marguerite (see Margaret) and it is found in England as early as 1194; Marjorie was a less usual spelling but is of about the same age. Margery was regarded as a separate name as early as the 13th C, and all connexion with Margaret was soon lost. Lyford 1655 derives it from the name of the herb marjoram. In the 18th and 19th C Margery almost disappeared except among poor country people, but it has now come back into general use. It is sometimes abbreviated to Margy. Marjorie is the usual spelling in Scotland.
Margeria Curia Regis Rolls 1195, Hundred Rolls 1273, Feudal Aids 1346. Margery Promptorium Parvulorum c. 1440. Margerye Lincs 1529. Marjoria Curia Regis Rolls 1190, 1207, 1284, Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379. Marjory Yorks Poll Tax of West Riding of Yorkshire 1379 1379.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
MARJORY. A Scottish (hence English) variant of Margaret.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Marjorie Forename Popularity
Marjorie Demographics
Average Marjorie Salary in
United States
$40,188 USD
Per year
Rank:
249,155 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0661265
Rank: 311 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
92.32%
Sample size: 135,642 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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