THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Marjorie
Marjorie is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through English, specifically the form Marjorie.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
Tagalog
- /ˈmaɾd͡ʒoɾi/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˌmaɾ.d͡ʒoˈɾɪ]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈmaɾdjoɾi/no palatal assimilation
- [ˌmaɾ.d̪joˈɾɪ]no palatal assimilation
Mar · jo · rie3 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from English Marjorie.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Marjorie (Tagalog) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
CebuanoEtymology & source
From English Marjorie.
a female given name from English
Wiktionary: Marjorie (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
Variant of Margery, a medieval vernacular form of Margaret.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Wiktionary: Marjorie (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
EnglishEtymology & source
From the name of 3rd century Saint Margaret the Virgin, from Middle English Margaret, from Old French Margaret (French Marguerite), from Latin Margarita, from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”), ultimately from an Indo-Iranian source. The same source, through folk etymology, has produced Old English meregrot (“pearl”, literally “stone or pebble of the sea”), related to Old Saxon merigrita, merigriota (“pearl”), Old High German merigrioz, equivalent to mer- + groat.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Wiktionary: Marjorie (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Marjorie
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Marjorie Barretto
Filipino actress
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Marjorie Evasco
Filipino writer
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Marjorie Barretto, Marjorie Evasco
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Marjorie in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Related forms & spellings
Related forms may have their own language histories. They are not included in this spelling’s PSA count.
Similar names to Marjorie
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Marjoret♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Madjuri·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Mandrie·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Mardonia·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Mardovic·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Margie♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Maricris♀Short form of Maria Cristina
- Marie♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Marjorie?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Marjorie further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1899812 — Marjorie (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Marjorie Barretto (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1899812 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Marjorie Evasco (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1899812 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Marjorie (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Marjorie (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Marjorie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Marjorie (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.