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Marjorie

girl name
Origin
French
Syllables
3
Peak era
1900s/1920s
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

pearl

Goes by Marge, Margie

Marjorie around the world

One shared root links 17 names across 7 languages.

Shared root: from Greek margarites "pearl", by way of Latin Margarita

The constellation

MarjorieEnglish · variantMargaretEnglishMargaritaSpanishMargueriteFrench
13 more branches of this family
MargretEnglish · variantMargotFrench · short formMargoFrench · variantGretaGerman · short formGretchenGerman · diminutivePeggyEnglish · short formMaggieEnglish · short formMargieEnglish · short formMargeryEnglish · variantMeganWelsh · short formMaisieScottish · short formMazieEnglish · variantRitaItalian · short form

Marjorie in song

marjorie
Taylor Swift (2020)
A song for Swift's grandmother, the opera singer Marjorie Finlay, whose own recorded vocals drift through the track.

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1900s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Marjorie peaked in the 1900s and the 1920s in nearly equal measure.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

6,914 people · the #2,185 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 29,412 · median age 15

1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Marjorie living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

The census also counted 984 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Marjorie

Most people given the name Marjorie in the United States were born between 1940 and 1979. The Marjorie you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Marjorie

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The Marjorie deep dive

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