Marni

Where Marni comes from

The dictionaries list Marni as a given name — a female given name spelling variant of Marnie — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1930
    Marni Nixon born
    American singer and actress
  2. 1946
    First appearance
    #3,034 among girls, 11 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1969
    Peak, #624
    253 babies named Marni — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #984.
  5. 1985
    Marni Djurhuus born
    Faroese footballer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name spelling variant of Marnie
Namesakes
  • Marni Nixon · American singer and actress, 1930–2016
  • Marni Djurhuus · Faroese footballer, born 1985
  • Marni von Wilpert · American attorney and politician, born 1983

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.