# Marla

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,417

## Definitions
1. A female given name from Hebrew.

## Etymology
American back-formation from Marlene, first used in the 1930s.

## Easily confused with
- **MLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mla)
- **Mary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mary)
- **mars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mars)
- **Maya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-maya)
- **mart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mart)
- **Marx** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-marx)
- **mata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mata)
- **Mira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mira)
- **mRNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mrna)
- **Marr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-marr)
- **mora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mora)
- **Mila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mila)
- **Myra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-myra)
- **maul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-maul)
- **maru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-maru)
- **marv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-marv)
- **MRSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mrsa)
- **masa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-masa)
- **mela** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-mela)
- **marry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marla-vs-marry)

## Common misspellings (7)
`amrla`, `malra`, `maral`, `marlla`, `marrla`, `mmarla`, `mrala`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/marla