Marigold
Marigold is a girl name of English origin, meaning The golden marigold flower.
What Marigold means
The golden marigold flower.
Marigold sits at 8 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Marigold comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Marigold is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Marigold?
Marigold does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Marigold
Two ideas meet in Marigold: flowers and growing things, Gold and the natural world. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Marigold
These share Marigold's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- May — The hawthorn blossom; the fifth month.
- Meadow — A field of wildflowers.
- Bryony — To sprout; a climbing vine.
- Hadley — Field of heather.
- Heather — The flowering heath shrub.
- Petunia — The trumpet-shaped flower.
- Poppy — The bright red poppy flower.
- Primrose — First rose; first flower of spring.
- Saffron — The golden spice flower.
- Wisteria — The cascading purple vine.
More English names
- Maisie — Pearl; child of light.
- Marlowe — From the hill by the lake.
- Mabel — Lovable and dear.
- Mason — Worker in stone.
- Linden — The linden tree.
- Maxwell — From the great stream.
- Lincoln — Town by the pool.
- May — The hawthorn blossom; the fifth month.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Maybelle — Lovable and dear.