Marlou

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Marlou is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country. Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., Doppelform aus.

rarermore common
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 8.1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • NLNetherlands1 in 8.4K
  • USUnited States1 in 153Kas Marlow

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Marlou itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈13,000 people, est.

Sources
112 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 8.1K (inferred from the name graph)

Philippines, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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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)

weibl. Vom., Doppelform aus

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Where in the world(measured from records)

Marlou 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.

Where Marlou is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines≈13,000 est.≈1 in 8.1K—Marlou73
US United States2,176as Marlow1 in 153K13KMarlou112
NL Netherlands2,0541 in 8.4K2KMarlou69
BR Brazil99as Marlow1 in 2.1M99—1
FR France≈98 est.≈1 in 694K6—1
AE United Arab Emirates≈53 est.≈1 in 190K—Marlou15
BH Bahrain≈7 est.≈1 in 209K—Marlou5

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Marlou is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Philippines, France, United States, Netherlands

    Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

    Also written Márlou, Màrlôú, Màrlõū

  • Norwegian given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands, Philippines, United States, Sweden

    Languages: Norwegian, Danish, Swedish

    Also written Mårlöü

35 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1940196019802000Marlou Schrover, b. 1959Marlou Aquino, b. 1972Marlou Jacobs, b. 1989Marlou van Rhijn, b. 1991Marlou Peeters, b. 1991Marlou van der Kulk, b. 1993Marlou Kelleners, b. 1993

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Marlou
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—2K#815
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—1.6K#1,571
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020160#34,642
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202075#34,642
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202255—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—38#62,400
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—35#36,227
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—29#9,318
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19437—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19476—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19356—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19605—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Marlou mean, and where does it come from?
weibl. Vom., Doppelform aus Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
Is Marlou a male or female name?
Marlou 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.
In which country does Marlou have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Marlou in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marlou.
How common is the name Marlou?
In the Netherlands, the national register counted 2,054 people named Marlou, about 1 in 8.4 thousand residents.

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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, “Marlou”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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