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Marymar
How to Pronounce Marymar
Pronounced MAIR-ee-mar /ˈmɛriˌmɑr/Low
Meaning: Marymar is a compound name joining Mary with Spanish mar, 'sea'. Mary comes from Hebrew Miriam, and mar means 'sea', so the whole reads as a 'Mary of the sea'. The near-twin Marimar was a wildly popular 1990s telenovela, which lines up with the name's appearance.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Marymar welds Mary to the Spanish word mar, 'sea', giving a lyrical 'Mary of the sea' in the tradition of Spanish Marian compounds like Marisol and Maribel. Its brief life in American records overlaps the mid-1990s telenovela 'Marimar', which almost certainly inspired the parents who chose it.
Marymar was never common in the United States, confined to a few years in the mid-1990s and given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1994. A girl named Marymar then is around thirty today.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Marymar mean?
It is a Spanish-style compound of Mary with mar, 'sea', reading as a 'Mary of the sea'; it is tied to the 1990s telenovela 'Marimar'.
How do you pronounce Marymar?
It is said MAIR-ee-mar /ˈmɛriˌmɑr/, three syllables with the main stress on MAIR.
Is Marymar a boy or girl name?
Marymar is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Marymar?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-nineties.