Marlo
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning a form of Marlowe; lake remnant or boundary lake.
Babies a year
50
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#702
50 babies · up from #800
Marlo by the numbers
In 2025, 50 babies in England and Wales were named Marlo. In the US, 122 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 593 babies in 1970, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marlo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Marlowlake remnants or marshy lake58 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marleypleasant lake or fen clearing395 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marlowelake by a lake, remnants of a lake67 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marionof the sea; a form of Mary216 in the US (2017)
- Martiform of Martin or Martha; of Mars the god of war13 in the US (2017)
- Marikocircle, truth, child10 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marlo
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