Marylu
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Marylu by the numbers
Marylu was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 27 babies in 1953, making it a 1950s name.
What we can tell you about Marylu
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 Marylu. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Maryloustar of the sea and famous warrior33 in the US (2017)
- Marilu13 in the US (2017)
- Maryamstar of the sea or beloved825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marloa form of Marlowe; lake remnant or boundary lake50 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marlaof mars; a diminutive of Marlene46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryahstar of the sea; a form of Maria or Mariah57 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Marylu
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