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Marlo - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Marlo

[ 2 syll. mar-lo, ma-rlo ] The boy name Marlo is also used, and more frequently so, as a girl name. Its pronunciation is MAARLow KEY. Marlo is an English name of Various origin. Marlo is a variant of the name Marlon (English).

Marlo is uncommon as a baby name for boys. At the modest height of its usage in 1976, 0.005% of baby boys were given the name Marlo. It ranked at #927 then. The baby name has since experienced a loss in popularity, and is today of very light use. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Marlo, Marlon (English) was the most widely used in 2008. Marlo has in the past century been mostly given to girls. In 1976, the name Marlo was given to 2 times as many girls than boys.

Baby names that sound like Marlo include Marlow (English), Marlowe (English), Marley (English), Marly (English), Meriel (English), Meril (English), Merill (English), Merlo (English), Merrel (English), Merrell (English), Merril (English), Merrill (English), Meryl (English and French), Morell (English), Morley (English), Morrell (English), Merel (Dutch), Merle (English), and Maurilio (Italian).

KEY: Pronunciation for Marlo: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"


 
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