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Marlin

boy name · Welsh origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

variant of Merlin; traditionally sea fortress

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890speak 1910s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Marlin peaked in the 1910s.

Names that fit alongside Marlin

Dillon Gavin Griffin Tristan Dilan Merlin

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