Marlou
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/mɑɹləʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
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.
- 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)
- Sources
- 112 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 8.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
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)
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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.1K | — | Marlou | 73 |
| US United States | 2,176as Marlow | 1 in 153K | 13K | Marlou | 112 |
| NL Netherlands | 2,054 | 1 in 8.4K | 2K | Marlou | 69 |
| BR Brazil | 99as Marlow | 1 in 2.1M | 99 | — | 1 |
| FR France | ≈98 est. | ≈1 in 694K | 6 | — | 1 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈53 est. | ≈1 in 190K | — | Marlou | 15 |
| BH Bahrain | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 209K | — | Marlou | 5 |
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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marlou Schroverb. 1959NLDutch historian
- Marlou Aquinob. 1972PHFilipino basketball player
- Marlou Jacobsb. 1989NLDutch football player
- Marlou van Rhijnb. 1991NLDutch double-amputee runner
- Marlou Peetersb. 1991NLDutch football player
- Marlou van der Kulkb. 1993NLDutch paralympic swimmer
- Marlou Kellenersb. 1993NLDutch football player
- Marlou de BontATliterary scholar
- Marlou L. DirksGBresearcher
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 21 sources across 11 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 2K | #815 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 1.6K | #1,571 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 160 | #34,642 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 75 | #34,642 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 55 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 38 | #62,400 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 35 | #36,227 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 29 | #9,318 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1943 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1947 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1935 | 6 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1960 | 5 | — |
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.
- How do you pronounce Marlou?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑɹləʊ/ (IPA) for English.
- 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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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/marlouThe 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, “Marlou”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.