Marilou

Where Marilou comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Marilou.

  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Marilou through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,688 among girls with 10 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Peak, #769
    73 babies named Marilou, its best rank.
  3. 1962
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,947.
  4. 1983
    Marilou Berry born
    French actress
  5. 1990
    Marilou born
    Canadian recording artist; pop singer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Marilou Berry · French actress, born 1983
  • Marilou · Canadian recording artist; pop singer, born 1990
  • Marilou Diaz-Abaya · multi-awarded film director in the Philippines, 1955–2012
  • Marilou Dozois-Prévost · Canadian weightlifter, born 1986
  • Marilou Aussilloux · French actress, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.