The marlow Surname
marlow Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from the place in Buckinghamshire on the Thames, named in Old English with mere ‘lake’, ‘pool’ + lafe ‘remnants’, ‘leavings’, i.e. a boggy area remaining after a lake had been drained.
- possibly also a variant of Marley.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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