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Marlow

Marlow: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“driftwood hill”
Origin
Old English
Say it
MAR-loh · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (44% girls, 56% boys since 1880)

Marlow comes from an English surname and place name, from Old English elements usually interpreted as 'driftwood' and 'hill.' The exact place-name analysis has some uncertainty.

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How popular is Marlow?

202469.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Marlow in 2024229

2024 rank#1,313 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,837

Marlow is rising: use over the last five years is 3.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Marlow

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
  • PeytonPæga's town · Old English
  • Suttonsouth settlement · Old English
  • Harleyhare meadow · Old English
  • Leightonsettlement by a meadow · Old English
  • Kingsleyking's meadow · Old English
  • Berkleybirch wood clearing · Old English
  • Ripleystrip of clearing in the woods · Old English

Marlow questions

What does the name Marlow mean?

Marlow means "driftwood hill". It comes from Old English. Marlow comes from an English surname and place name, from Old English elements usually interpreted as 'driftwood' and 'hill.' The exact place-name analysis has some uncertainty.

Is Marlow a boy or girl name?

Marlow is used for both: about 44% of US babies named Marlow since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Marlow?

229 US babies were named Marlow in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Marlow?

Marlow is usually pronounced MAR-loh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.