Marvel

English word name

Marvel Origin and Meaning

The name Marvel is a girl's name of English origin.

Marvel, now a character name in The Hunger Games series, was a miracle name of yesterday, on the girls' Social Security list until 1941 and reaching a high of 487 at the turn of the last century, when Marva was also in style.

These days it does have something of a comic book feel, what with Marvel Comics, Captain Marvel and Mary Marvel, and despite the fact that Marvel is a male character in The Hunger Games, we can see some parents reviving this name for their own little marvel of a baby girl. That's what rocker Pete Wentz, dad of creatively-named sons Bronx Mowgli and Saint Laszlo, did recently when he named his daughter Marvel Jane.

Marvel Rank in US Top 1000

# 930 in the US

Popularity of the name Marvel

• 1706 Nameberry 2020

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Famous People Named Marvel

• Marvel Echo Star Helstrom high school sweetheart of singer Bob Dylan; inspiration for the song "Girl from the North Country"
• Marvel Luciel Rea American silent film actress
• Camaron Marvel "Cam" Ochs American country music singer
• Marvel Whiteside "Jack" Parsons American rocket scientist and occultist
• Marvel Keith "Marv" Harshman American basketball coach
• Andrew Marvell English poet
• Marvel Jane Wentz (b. 2018) daughter of American musician Pete Wentz and Meagan Camper
• Marvel Crosson was a pioneer aviator and the first female pilot to earn a commercial license in the Territory of Alaska.

The name Marvel in Pop Culture

• Marvel comic book company
• Captain Marvel aka Carol Danvers Marvel Comics character
• Wendy Marvel character in anime "Fairy Tail"
• Marvel male character in the Hunger Games series
• The surname may have arisen as a medieval nickname (often ironic) for someone regarded as a prodigy; alternatively it may have meant "person from Merville" (the name of two places in northern France)
• Marvel Ann,Hayley Mills troublesome cousin in the film The Trouble with Angels