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The first name 
Marla

Marla is a female first name. In very rare cases it is also used for boys.

When two girls called Marla meet...

… it’s a special occasion. That’s because the name Marla is quite rare in the US. While it’s still a name in use, lately, only approximately 4 out of 100,000 girls have been named Marla. In the SmartGenius ranking, Marla is #2,256 on the list of most common girls names. In the entire USA, approximately 34,774 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Marla. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Marla

Marla has 5 letters 
and begins with an M

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter M is a quite popular first letter for girls' names. That’s because 8.5% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. Only the first letters A and S are more common for girls' names.

With five letters, the name Marla is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 8.5% of all girls' names start with an M, this initial letter occurs nearly 2.5-times as often as all 26 letters on average – and the most common one of all the girls’ names starting with M is Mary.

Other names with 
M, a, r, l and a

If you take all the letters in the name Marla – M, a, r, l and a – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Maral or others.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Marla

If your name is Marla and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Marla

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Marla, you can simply say:

Mouse

Apple

Rocket

Lion

Apple

This is how the name Marla is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Marla in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Marla

Marla

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Marla

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Marla is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

M
A
R
L
A

Have you ever waved the name Marla

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

M
A
R
L
A

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Marla sounds like this: