NAME OF THE DAY: Monroe

Today is the anniversary of the beloved Marilyn Monroe's death (RIP). Therefore, I will speak on having as a first name, her 🌟 great last name: 📛Monroe 

Monroe (wasn't Marilyn's real last name nor was Marilyn her real first name FYI) is a Scottish surname meaning 'from the mouth of the Roe' — a river in Ireland.     

"Marilyn Monroe is a famous female namesake, but her smart Scottish surname feels equally usable for either sex," Nameberry says on thoughts of using Monroe as a first name for boys. Monroe actually is used as a boy's name 90% of the time, SSA data shows. I didn't know this. 🤯 I thought because of Marilyn's popularity it was used mainly as a feminine first name. 🤔

Singer Mariah Carey's twin daughter is named Monroe, after Marilyn Monroe. Carey shares in her memoir she, "wanted both of her kids to share her same initials so was searching for names that started with the letter "M." Monroe's name was ultimately inspired by actress and model Marilyn Monroe." Nameberry believes Carey's, "use of Monroe as a girls’ name did much to revive this Old Man name, a la Sydney, as a newly fashionable choice for girls." However, Monroe was surprisingly way down 🠗 at #571 on the Most Popular Baby names for girls 📉 in 2024. I really thought Monroe would at least be in the top 300. 🤔 The state where the most girls and women named Monroe live, can be found in Texas.   

I love 💗 the name 📛Monroe! Very briefly I had in mind to use Monroe as a middle name if I had a daughter because I'm a bit of a big Marilyn fan. 🤷🏾‍♀️ I love the name Monroe more when used mainly for a girl's name because I just automatically think Marilyn ✔ when I hear Monroe. I can't see Monroe used as a boy's name weirdly but of course it is still cool 😎 when used for a boy. 👌🏾  

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛MONROES:

📛Monroe Capri Bryant 🎵 (TikTok content creator) 

📛Monroe Owsley 🎥 (actor)

📛Monroe Robertson 🎥 (actor)

📛Monroe Robinson 📘 (author)

📛Monroe Silver 🎥🎤😂 (actor / singer / comedian)

📛Monroe Martin III 😂 (comedian) 

📛Krystin "Rook Monroe" Watkins 🎤(musician)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Monroe:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MO/MONROE/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Monroe: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💙/10 

NAME OF THE DAY: Marilyn

The legendary Marilyn Monroe's 🎉birthday is today and so I will be covering the much celebrated name: 📛Marilyn.   

When most people think of a Marilyn, they think of iconic actress Marilyn Monroe without question. How could you not? Even after her death (RIP), over sixty years later, she is still considered the standard of beauty 😍 and a sex 🥵 symbol no one will ever replicate. Marilyn Monroe not only had that 'je ne sais quoi' but her name did too. Her stage name was perfection. Norma Monroe even, does not have the same ring to it like, Marilyn Monroe. Monroe's birth name was a bland: 📛Norma Jeane Mortenson (later she was baptized as Norma Jeane Baker).  

The name 📛Marilyn is a combination of Mary and the common name suffix lyn. Marilyn was a rare name before the beginning of the 20th century, Behind the Name says. In 1936, the name Marilyn was the 13th most popular name for girls. Before Marilyn Monroe popularized it, Marilyn Miller (whose real name was Mary Ellen Reynolds) did. Miller was a Broadway star who movie studio executive Ben Lyon said Monroe reminded him of, which is how Monroe got the name Marilyn as her stage name. On the flip side, another well-known actress Kim Novak was born Marilyn Pauline Novak.  

Nameberry reports that Marilyn is the 666th most popular name for baby girls in 2024. My Name Stats states 📍California is the state with the most women named Marilyn, which is fitting as that is where Marilyn Monroe was born. 

I'm a fan of the name 📛Marilyn more so because I'm a fan of Marilyn Monroe I admit. 🤷🏾‍♀️ Although charming, there's certainly nothing fancy about the name Marilyn in itself, today it sounds outdated even. It's actually kind of plain... to be honest. 🤔 But Monroe wore Marilyn and wore it well. The memorable Monroe surname (from Marilyn's mother's family side) definitely helped give oomph! to Marilyn. I think if Marilyn had been named even the terrible name 📛Bertha (sorry Berthas!), I'd like the name Bertha! 😅  

I've met just two Marilyns so far in my life. The first 📛Marilyn was a classmate in middle school, who certainly did not 'look like a Marilyn' as she was petite/nerdy. The second 📛Marilyn I met was a customer (an older woman) at a bookstore I worked at. When she gave me her name to either use her membership card or get one, I saw the name Marilyn and remarked she had a nice name and how I love Marilyn Monroe. She was flattered, thanked me and remarked something how Marilyn wasn't as common as it used to be. I believe I agreed with her.

The vintage name Marilyn will continue to live on for a long time to come, simply because of the "Marilyn Monroe Effect" 💋 — and that's a good thing! 

📌👀Reddit 📛namenerds 👌 Community Thread: "Marilyn... but for a boy?" 👶💙 

https://www.reddit.com/r/namenerds/comments/an27hi/marilyn_but_for_a_boy/

⭐FAMOUS & 📝NOTEWORTHY 📛MARILYNS:

📛Marilyn Manson 🤘🏻🌟 (rock musician born ➡️Brian Warner)  

📛Marilyn Mosby  / ⚖ (politician & lawyer) 

📛Marilyn Strickland  (politician)

📛Marilyn Tavenner 🏥 (healthcare executive) 

📛Marilyn Horne 🎤 (opera singer)

📛Marilyn Valderrama  (sister of actor Wilmer Valderrama)

📛Marilyn Monru 🎵 (TikTok content creator)   

📛Marilyn Granas 🎥 (actress)   

📛"Marilyn Chambers" 🔞🎬⭐ (adult film star born➡️ Marilyn Anne Briggs)

📛Marilyn Denis 📺🎤 /🎙📻 (former t.v. show host & radio personality)

📛Marilyn Hardy 📕 (author)

📛Marilyn Stafford  📸 (late photographer)

📌STATS ON THE NAME 📛Marilyn:

https://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/M/MA/MARILYN/index.html

☔📛IRN RATING OF 📛Marilyn: 👍 OR 💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓/10