Marge

Where Marge comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Marge.

  • 1 syllable
  • Vowel-ended
Marge through the years
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1919
    Marge Champion born
    American dancer and actress
  3. 1936
    Marge Piercy born
    American novelist and poet
  4. 1941
    Peak, #664
    114 babies named Marge, the most in any year.
  5. 1948
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,327.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given names Marjorie and Margaret.
Namesakes
  • Marge Champion · American dancer and actress, 1919–2020
  • Marge Piercy · American novelist and poet, born 1936
  • Marge Roukema · American politician, 1929–2014
  • Marge Redmond · American actress and singer, 1924–2020
  • Marge Kotlisky · American actress, 1927–1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.