Marylou

English, combination of Mary and Lou

"drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved + famous battle"

Marylou Origin and Meaning

The name Marylou is a girl's name meaning "drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved + famous battle".

Truncated form of Marylouise.

As two separate words, Mary Lou has popped up a number of times, as the title, for example, of two early feature films. There's also a Nickelodeon actress named Mary Lou Kolbenschlag who goes by just Mary Lou.

The original meaning of Mary is uncertain, but theories include "drop of the sea" (from Hebrew roots mar "drop" and yam "sea"); "bitter" (from Hebrew marah "bitterness"); and "beloved" (from the Egyptian root mr).

Marylou Rank in US Top 1000

# 987 in the US

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Famous People Named Marylou

• Mary Lou McDonald Irish politician
• Mary Lou Retton American gymnast
• Marie Louise "Marylou" (Schroeder) Whitney American socialite
• Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs) American jazz pianist
• Mary Lou Jepsen American computer engineer
• Mary Lou Lord American singer,songwriter
• Mary Lou Finlay Canadian TV presenter
• Marylou Tibaldo Bongiorno, American documentary filmmaker
• Marylou Dawes Canadian pianist
• Mary Lou Kolbenschlag American actress
• Mary Lou Daniels, American tennis player
• Mary Lou Turner American country music singer
• Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Farrell Palmer Canadian singer; Miss Dominion 1964
• Mary Lou "Ludie" Forbes American journalist and commentator
• Mary Lou Belli American TV director

Marylou in Pop Culture

• Marylou character in the On The Road by Jack Kerouac
• Mary Lou Summers aka Cheryl character in films Howling V: The Rebirth and The Howling: New Moon Rising
• Mary Lou Collins character on "The Larry Sanders Show"
• Marylou Ahearn a character in "The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady" by Elizabeth Stuckey,French
• "Hello Mary Lou," song by Ricky Nelson