where does the surname marlow come from?

Question

talking about where surnames came from the other day and was wondering where marlow might have come from

Answer 1

The origin of the surname Marlow is English. Take a look at the following link.

http://www.houseofnames.com/coatofarms_details.asp?s=marlow&sId=

Looking for the origin of a certain name is a common question here. And it's fine if that is all someone wants. But it does not tell you anything for certain. Here are a couple of links to surname message boards if you are interested. They do have a specific board for Marlow. Many who frequent these boards are genealogists and may have some more insight into your specific surname. There are also separate boards for states, counties, and countries if you are interested.

http://genforum.genealogy.com/marlow/
http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.marlow/mb.ashx

If you wish to persue your specific surname further, E-mail me via my profile and I will give you some more helpful genealogy sites. Blessings.

Answer 2

Hey Bethan,

Marlow is English. Here is what James Wolf says on Swyrich.com:

Origin: English

Spelling variations of this family name include: Marlowe, Marloe, Marleau, Marlow and others.

First found in Cheshire where they were seated from very early times and were granted lands by Duke William of Normandy, their liege Lord, for their distinguished assistance at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Nicholas and Jane Marleaw and their three children, who arrived in Virginia in 1630; Rebecca Marlowe, who came to New England in 1635; William Marlow, who settled in Maryland in 1656.
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Family Search has 298 entries, and English is one of the predominant site. However, Germany, Denmark and other locations do have Marlow. I would tend to believe that the origin is English.

Answer 3

The surname Marlow originates from Buckinghamshire in england and it means ,lake or poolxx

Answer 4

Marlow
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.

Marley
English: habitational name from any of the various places so called, for example in Devon, Kent, and West Yorkshire. According to Ekwall, the first element of these place names is respectively Old English (ge)m?re ‘boundary’, myrig ‘pleasant’, and mearð ‘(pine) marten’. The second element in each case is Old English leah ‘woodland clearing’. This surname was taken to Ireland by a Northumbrian family who settled there in the 17th century.

Answer 5

I knew i were right,
by the other answers its a marsh Marlow.

Answer 6

Hello Bethan, I hope this helps just click on the link. You can find out all sorts of interesting facts about your ancestors here, http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?&fid=10&fn=&ln=marlow