Marpe as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Marpe

What is the meaning of the name Marpe ?

The baby name Marpe is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced ˈmɑr.peɪ (MAR-pay),ˈmɑr.pə (MAR-puh).

Marpe is in Origin.

Marpe is a rare Hebrew given name drawn from the biblical noun marpe’ (מַרְפֵּא), meaning “healing, remedy, health,” from the root R-P-ʾ “to heal.” The word appears in Proverbs and Jeremiah to denote both physical cure and restorative well‑being, lending the name a hopeful, virtue-like aura. Pronounced mar-PEH, it works as a unisex choice.

As a personal name, Marpe has scant traditional attestation but has gained quiet modern use in Hebrew- and English-speaking Jewish communities alongside abstract names such as Shalom and Tikva. Variants reflect transliteration: Marpe, Marpe’, and Marpeh. Related names from the same root include Raphael/Refael and Rafaela/Raphaela, as well as Rafi/Rafa and Refuah (“healing”). The lookalike Greek mythic name Marpessa (sometimes shortened informally to Marpe) is etymologically unrelated. With its concise sound and restorative meaning, Marpe offers a distinctive, spiritually resonant option.

⚙ Marpe is an extremely rare name. Across our dataset of national birth registries and international name records, Marpe appears only 15 times in total — found in 10 countries. If you're considering it, you'd be giving your child a name almost nobody else has.