Marlo

Where Marlo comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Marlo.

  • Vowel-ended
Marlo through the years
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #3,226 among girls with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Marlo Morgan born
    American writer
  3. 1966
    Around this time: Marlo Thomas in That Girl
    TV, 1966 · Source
  4. 1968
    Peak, #395
    545 babies named Marlo, its best rank.
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #614.
  6. 1994
    Marlo Sweatman born
    Jamaican-American soccer player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Marlo Morgan · American writer, born 1937
  • Marlo Sweatman · Jamaican-American soccer player, born 1994
  • Marlo Kelly · Australian actress, born 1996
  • Marlo Hoogstraten · Dutch DJ based in Australia, born 1993
  • Marlo Mortel · Filipino singer, born 1993

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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.