Marland
Masculine
The -land ending turned syllables into men's names for about a century in America. Leland, Garland, Roland, Cleveland, Marland: the front half might be a real element or might be nothing, and the ending did the work of making the whole thing sound like a name a man could carry.
How old is the name Marland?
Marland first appears in US birth records in 1913 — 112 years ago. The typical Marland alive today was born around 1943, making them about 82 years old. About 600 people named Marland are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marland most popular?
Marland peaked in 1934, reaching #836 nationally. See the whole 1934 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Marland
One bearer of the surname built and lost more than most people ever see. E. W. Marland found oil in Oklahoma, built one of the largest independent oil companies in the country, put up a mansion in Ponca City modeled on a Florentine palace with fifty-five rooms, and commissioned a competition for a bronze statue of a pioneer woman, which was cast at seventeen feet and unveiled to a crowd of forty thousand. Then eastern bankers took control of his company, he was forced out of the business he had made, and he ran for office instead, serving as a congressman and then as governor during the Dust Bowl. He died in a small house on the grounds of his own estate, having sold the palace. The name on the statue and the name on the company are the same one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The ending is the English word for land and is genuine; the front half cannot be assigned. It could be from Mar as in a surname, from Mary, or from nothing. Names built on this pattern generally have one real half and one supplied half, and honesty consists in saying which is which rather than in inventing a source for both.
Pronouncing Marland
MAR-lund
Two syllables with the stress at the front. The second is reduced almost to nothing in ordinary speech, which is true of every English name ending this way and is why they are so often misspelled from dictation.
Nicknames for Marland
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1913
- Most boys named
- 193456 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #836reached in 1934
- Change vs 2008
- −16.7%5 in 2020, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Marlands among us
people named Marland are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Marland sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Short, firm and easy to spell once heard, with no silent letters.
- The ending is a real English word, so half the name explains itself.
- It is genuinely uncommon without containing any unfamiliar sound.
- The front half has no meaning, so the name cannot be fully explained to a child who asks.
- It will be heard as Marlon and Marland alike, and the two are close enough to be confused.
- It is firmly dated to the early twentieth century in American records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Marlands are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Marland are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Marland in 2025?
- Marland is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Marland with classmates?
- Marland will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with M, all years combined.
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