Marnie

Where Marnie comes from

Possibly a contraction of Marina or a diminutive of Marian.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marnie
  • Latin
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,900 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1968
    Marnie McBean born
    Canadian former rower and politician
  3. 1969
    Peak, #427
    510 babies named Marnie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #606.
  5. 1984
    Marnie Schulenburg born
    American actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin or Hebrew.
Namesakes
  • Marnie McBean · Canadian former rower and politician, born 1968
  • Marnie Schulenburg · American actress, 1984–2022
  • Marnie McPhail · Canadian actress, born 1966
  • Marnie Stern · American musician and songwriter, born 1976
  • Marnie Weber · American artist, born 1959

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.