Mar- girl names

austenfan919 · January 2014

My mom and my MIL's names both start with Mar. I was thinking if we had another girl, it might be nice to pick a MN that starts with Mar to kind of honor both of them. I don't LOVE any of the names I've come across so far, though.

So hit me with your favorite girl names that begin with Mar.

Or if you think it is silly to try to honor both and I should just pick one of them or someone else entirely, you can say that, too.

SuperMom17 · January 2014

DD has a Marrin in her gymnastics class, pronounced Mar-rin just like it is spelled. I don't know if it is legit or made up, but have always thought it was pretty. I probably would have spelled it Marren personally, but maybe then pronunciation would be more of an issue?

Helenahhandbasket · January 2014

I don't think it's silly! My faves are

Margaret

Marigold

Maren

Maris

Mary

Maria

Marissa

Marisol

bumpuser9353653 · January 2014

You can do a search on Nameberry.com and specify things like "girl", "begins with: Mar", #of syllables, etc.

Off the top of my head: Mary, Margaret, Marin, Marcia, Marigold, Maryanne, Magdalena

NerdyLucy · January 2014

Margaret

Margot

Marlena

Maren

Marilyn

KristaU831 · January 2014

marlowe

Manderlin923 · January 2014

Maren pronounced mare-in

oliversbear · January 2014

Maribel
Marilla

KTZ17 · January 2014

Mariela, Mara, Martina, Marta, Mariana

babygabe614 · January 2014

Maribel! That was our top girl's name for a while. I think it is so pretty.

Lynnja616 · January 2014

My favorite is Maren. Love that name but DH vetoed it, boo.

I also really like Marilyn or Marian.

nittanyllama · January 2014

I love Maren and Margot.

Marigold

Mara

Marilyn

Marguerite

Marta

catahoulatte · January 2014

Marielle is my favorite and was on our list if DS had been a girl.

DogfishHead · January 2014

Marissa (my name) and I am really digging Marilena right now. It is a common name in Greece, but not too common here.

jamu · January 2014

Marketta was my all time fave name. My husband didn't like it though.

austenfan919 · January 2014

Thanks for the suggestions, ladies! I just did some searching on the mothers' names, and they are both forms of Margaret, which means there are also a gazillion other variants to choose from there. Plus, they both mean pearl, so we could maybe even do Pearl as a MN. Or something else that means pearl.

We plan to TTC later this year, so I have time to convince DH...Thanks for giving me more options to show him.