Marlon
Marlon is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Male
- Confidence
- High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Austria, Great Britain
- US records 1880–2017
- 29,134 male / 335 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Marlon
If you do not know Marlon’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Marlon,” in English, “Guten Tag Marlon,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Marlon,
German
Guten Tag Marlon,
French
Bonjour Marlon,
Spanish
Estimado/a Marlon:
Chinese
Marlon您好：
Japanese
Marlon様
English
Hi Marlon,
German
Hi Marlon,
French
Salut Marlon,
Spanish
Hola Marlon,
Chinese
Marlon你好：
Japanese
Marlonさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | common | man's name |
| Austria | rare | man's name |
| Great Britain | rare | man's name |
| Netherlands | rare | man's name |
United States birth data
29,134 male · 335 female · 29,469 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 99.4% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Marlon a male or female name?
Marlon is classified as a male given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Marlon in an email?
If you do not know Marlon’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Marlon,” in English, “Guten Tag Marlon,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Marlon a unisex name?
Marlon is classified as generally male in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Marlon a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/marlon. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_marlon,
title = {Is Marlon a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/marlon},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}