Marlowe
Marlowe is a girl name of English origin, meaning From the hill by the lake.
What Marlowe means
From the hill by the lake.
Marlowe sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Marlowe comes from
English names come from a long layering of Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, and biblical sources. Many began as surnames, place names, or occupations before they were ever used as first names.
Marlowe is recorded as English in origin. Browse other English names.
How popular is Marlowe?
You will not find Marlowe in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Marlowe
Marlowe spans water and the sea and the natural world, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Marlowe
These share Marlowe's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Brooke — A small stream.
- Oaklynn — From the oak meadow pool.
- Beckett — Dweller by the brook.
- Lake — A still body of water.
- Reed — Red-haired; the riverside reed.
- River — A flowing body of water.
- Wells — From the springs.
- Clodagh — Named for an Irish river.
- Eira — Snow.
- Rocio — Dew; Our Lady of the Dew.
- Douglas — From the dark river.
- Lachlan — From the land of lakes.
More English names
- Marigold — The golden marigold flower.
- Mason — Worker in stone.
- Maisie — Pearl; child of light.
- Maxwell — From the great stream.
- Mabel — Lovable and dear.
- May — The hawthorn blossom; the fifth month.
- Linden — The linden tree.
- Maybelle — Lovable and dear.
- Lincoln — Town by the pool.
- Meadow — A field of wildflowers.