Marilu
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.
Marilu by the numbers
Marilu was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 55 babies in 1991, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Marilu
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marilu. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marilyof the sea; variant of marily or mary15 in the US (2017)
- Mariluzsea of light; blend of maria and luz5 in the US (2017)
- Marylu9 in the US (2017)
- Mariaof the sea; a form of Mary522 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mariahof the sea; a form of Maria1,604 in the US (2017)
- Marilynbeloved by god; a form of Mary580 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marilu
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