The baby name Marey is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAIR-ee,mah-RAY.
The baby name Marey is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced MAIR-ee,mah-RAY.
Marey is in Origin.
Marey is a modern respelling of Mary/Marie, ultimately from Hebrew Miryam, carried through Greek Mariam/Maria and Latin Maria. The root is disputed: proposals include beloved, bitterness, rebellious, or wished-for child. Medieval Latin reinterpreted it as maris + stella (star of the sea), a devotional title for the Virgin. In contemporary use, Marey is usually pronounced like Mary.
While Mary dominated naming across Christian Europe from the Middle Ages into the 20th century, Marey itself is rare, surfacing sporadically in English-language parish registers from the 18th-19th centuries as phonetic or clerical variants, and more recently as a creative twist. Related forms include Mary, Marie, Maria, Máire/Maire, Mairi, Mari, Maree, and Marei; familiar diminutives and short forms include Mae/May, Mia, Molly, Polly, and Ria. Marey carries the timeless gravitas of Mary with a gently distinctive spelling.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ET | Girls | 0 | #16 | 1 | 372 |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #35 | 1 | 2,021 |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #94 | 1 | 2,402 |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| PH | 0 | #110 | 1 | 5,607 | |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #258 | 1 | 3,650 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #273 | 1 | 6,912 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #335 | 5 | 7,570 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #342 | 2 | 15,378 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #351 | 8 | 7,678 |
| YE | 0 | #397 | 2 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #406 | 1 | 8,413 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #421 | 4 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #428 | 2 | 13,098 |
| MX | 0 | #443 | 3 | 8,339 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #464 | 3 | 10,523 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #481 | 35 | 19,177 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #495 | 10 | 11,303 |
| LY | 0 | #504 | 32 | 12,703 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #518 | 1 | 9,861 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #522 | 2 | 11,913 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #539 | 15 | 20,968 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #540 | 2 | 7,500 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #544 | 4 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #559 | 2 | 11,671 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #573 | 1 | 11,342 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #630 | 3 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #644 | 2 | 11,648 |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #648 | 4 | 9,488 |
| LB | 0 | #686 | 5 | 13,263 | |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #694 | 4 | 13,071 |
| SY | 0 | #698 | 31 | 11,684 | |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #778 | 109 | 15,035 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #824 | 3 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #861 | 5 | 13,765 | |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #900 | 36 | 25,931 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #907 | 53 | 14,742 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #918 | 1 | 17,948 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #965 | 19 | 5,561 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,003 | 8 | 14,861 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,069 | 4 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #1,109 | 20 | 20,986 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,141 | 3 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,150 | 3 | 16,140 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,159 | 25 | 17,781 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,228 | 7 | 20,130 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,234 | 3 | 25,928 |
| TR | 0 | #1,251 | 4 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,587 | 28 | 28,008 |
Marey is popular in 47 countries — most recent births per country:
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