Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Marlo
/MAR · loh/
Meaning
“Hill near the lake”
English surname variant of Marlow, from Old English meaning hill near the lake; gained pop-culture visibility through the actress Marlo Thomas.
Nicknames
mar
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Retro-cool with a 1960s-70s American feel; short and punchy enough to age well.
The cultural moment.
Occasional use in the US from the 1960s onward; modest but distinctive.