Marlo
given name · Latin script
Meaning: corncob
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈmɑɹɫoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Marlo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 7.6K(inferred from the name graph)
- CACanada≈1 in 35K
- USUnited States1 in 38K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 362 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.6K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
corncob
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Marlo, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marlo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 7.6K | — | Marlo | 82 |
| US United States | 8,723 | 1 in 38K | 5.8K | Marlo | 362 |
| BR Brazil | 1,777 | 1 in 119K | 2.2K | — | 1 |
| PE Peru | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Marlo | 16 |
| CA Canada | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 35K | 2 | Marlo | 96 |
| EC Ecuador | 606 | 1 in 28K | 606 | — | 7 |
| NZ New Zealand | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 38K | 10 | Marlo | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; INEC — civil registry names; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marlo Dwyerb. 1908USactress (1908-1999)
- Marlo Lewisb. 1916USAmerican television producer
- Marlo Morganb. 1937USAmerican writer
- Marlo Porasb. 1971USAmerican filmmaker
- Marlo Perryb. 1972USAmerican football player
- Marlo Dahlb. 1972CACanadian curler
- Marlo Koponenb. 1986FIFinnish ice hockey defenceman
- Marlo Hoogstratenb. 1993AUDutch DJ based in Australia
- Marlo Sweatmanb. 1994USJamaican-American soccer player
- Marlo Kellyb. 1996AUAustralian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 62 sources across 33 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 5.8K | #2,692 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.9K | #2,692 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 2.2K | #5,638 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 1.8K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.7K | #5,554 |
| EC Ecuador | INEC — civil registry names | 2024 | 606 | #871 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 109 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 95 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 53 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 52 | #5,554 |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 17 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2025 | 10 | — |
Reference works 3
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Marlo a male or female name?
- Marlo is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- How do you pronounce Marlo?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈmɑɹɫoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Marlo mean, and where does it come from?
- corncob Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Marlo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Marlo in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marlo.
- How common is the name Marlo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 8,723 people named Marlo in 2020, about 1 in 38 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Marlo?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/marloThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marlo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.