Marlon

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Marlon is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name493K records spelled Marlon28 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Philippines, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Marlón, Märlön, Márlon, Marlòn, Mârlön

• Indonesian given name24K records spelled Marlon6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, Indonesia, United States, Tanzania

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written Märlön, Mårlön, Márlon

• a separate given name14K records spelled Marlon3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, United Kingdom, Philippines

  Also written Márlon, Marlón

• Polish given name3.6K records spelled Marlon21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Philippines, Croatia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Croatian

  Also written Марлон, Marlón, Măřľőņ, Márlon, Marloń

• Finnish given name2.9K records spelled Marlon6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Philippines, United States, Hungary

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Märlon, Mârlõn, Márlon

55 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.

Other recorded senses●

Marlon is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swedish, Marlon är ett namn av ovisst ursprung. Det blev bekant genom den amerikanske filmstjärnan Marlon Brando (1924–2004), vars far bar samma förnamn. Möjligen är det en bildning till → Mark med den franska diminutivändelsen -lon.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, ['ma:lan]: in den i96oer-Jahren entlehnter angloamerikani- scher männl. Vom., dem vielleicht eine altfranzös. Koseform von Marc (

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Murvine, Murvon, Murvyn, Murvyne, Halcón

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• Piccolo falco

  as a name·Il grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 111 years between 1914–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marlon Brandob. 1924USAmerican actor (1924–2004)
• Marlon Jacksonb. 1957USAmerican singer and member of The Jackson 5
• Jamie Foxxb. 1967USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor, comedian, and singer (born 1967)
• Marlon Jamesb. 1970JMJamaican novelist
• Marlon Wayansb. 1972USAmerican actor, screenwriter, and film producer
• Marlon Harewoodb. 1979GBBritish footballer (born 1979)
• Marlon Roudetteb. 1983GBEnglish singer and songwriter
• Mário Brandão da Silveirab. 1987BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian association football player
• Chet Hanksb. 1990USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor and musician
• Marlonb. 1995BRBrazilian footballer (born September 1995)

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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 884 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marlon?

We estimate roughly 148 thousand people bear Marlon (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Marlon have the most bearers?

Marlon is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled marlon.

Where is Marlon most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Marlon is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 605 people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.

How common is Marlon compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Marlon is the 79th most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

Is Marlon a male or female name?

Marlon is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Marlon mean?

Recorded meaning: Name apparently first brought to public attention by the American actor Marlon Brando (b.