Marvel

Where Marvel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Marvel.

Marvel through the years
  1. 1889
    First appearance
    #902 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1899
    Peak, #480
    37 babies named Marvel, its best rank.
  3. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #2,755.
  4. 2023
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Marvel in Wikidata.

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.