A habitational surname from Old English from the English place name Marlow.

plural of Marlow

A town on the River Thames in southern Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8586). / A village in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO399765).

A village and civil parish in southern Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SU8788).

Alternative form of Marlovian

Reminiscent of the works of the English writer Christopher Marlowe (c.1564–1593).