Marlin - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Marlin \m(a)-rlin, mar-lin\, also used as girl's name Marlin, is a variant of Marland (Old English), Marlon (English) and Merlin (Welsh), and the meaning of Marlin is "land near the lake; sea fortress".

The baby name Marlin sounds like Marlinn, Marlen and Marlan. Other similar baby names are Carlin, Garlin, Harlin, Karlin, Malin, Mallin, Martin, Marvin, Marwin and Maslin.

Marlin is a somewhat common first name for men (#609 out of 1220) and an even more common last name for both men and women (#5577 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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