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Marlin name meaning

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Origin and Meaning of Marlin

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English
60%
Hebrew
16%
Latin
9%
French
5%
Roman
2%
Slang
2%
Swedish
2%
Indian (Sanskrit)
2%

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  1. A submission from India says the name Marlin means "Very generous" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Mar"lin
The American great marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa). Applied also to the red-breasted godwit (Limosa hæmatica).
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  1. Etymology: from marlin spike, the shape of its bill

    Any of several marine billfishes of the genera Makaira and Tetrapturus, popular as game in sport fishing.
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  1. Large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes
Wiktionary

A contraction of marlinspike, named so because of its pointed snout.

  1. Any species of game fish belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira. Every such species has a pointed, spear-like projection of the upper jaw.
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Notable Persons Named Marlin

Notable Persons Named Marlin

Jim Davis

Jim Davis was an actor. He was most prominent from 1942 to 1981. Jim was given the name Marlin Davis on August 26th, 1909 in Missouri, U.S. He died on April 26th, 1981.

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Marlin Perkins

Marlin Perkins was a zoology, celebrity, zoologist, and television personality. Marlin was given the name Richard Marlin Perkins on March 28th, 1905 in Carthage, Missouri. He died on June 14th, 1986.

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Marlin Stutzman

Marlin was given the name Marlin Andrew Stutzman on August 31st, 1976 in Sturgis, Michigan.

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Marlin Briscoe

Marlin Briscoe is a football player. Marlin was born on September 10th, 1945 in Oakland, California.

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Marlin Jackson

Marlin Jackson is a football player. His career lasted from 2005 to 2010. Marlin was born on June 30th, 1983 in Sharon, Pennsylvania.

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Marlin Gray

Marlin Gray is a criminal.

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Notable Persons With the Last Name Marlin

Notable Persons With the Last Name Marlin

Lene Marlin

Lene Marlin is a pop music and acoustic music singing, songwriter, and performing arts. She plays Piano, Guitar, and Vocals. She has had major accomplishments since 1998. Lene was given the name Lene Marlin Pedersen on August 17th, 1980 in Tromsø.

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Sterling Marlin

Sterling Marlin is a nascar driver.

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Eddie Marlin

Eddie was born on August 13th, 1930 in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

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William Marlin

William Marlin is a 3rd Prime Minister of Sint Maarten. William was born on October 21st, 1950 in Sint Maarten.

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Coo Coo Marlin

Coo Coo Marlin is a nascar driver.

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Steadman Marlin

Steadman Marlin is a nascar driver.

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Common last names for Marlin

Common first names for Marlin

Ethnicity Distribution

Ethnicity Marlin U.S.
█  White 84.27% 64.26%
█  African American 8.35% 11.96%
█  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 0.59% 4.85%
█  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.66% 0.69%
█  Two or More Ethnicities 1.32% 1.76%
█  Hispanic or Latino 4.80% 16.26%

Of Last Name Marlin

People with the last name Marlin are most frequently White

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Fun Facts about the name Marlin

  • What name lists does Marlin rank for?
    #450 Last Name First Names
  • How Popular is the name Marlin? Marlin is the 1,640th most popular name of all time. As a last name Marlin was the 6,121st most popular name in 2010.
  • How many people with the first name Marlin have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 22,278 babies born with the first name Marlin in the United States. That's more than enough people named Marlin to occupy the territory of Caribbean Netherlands (the Netherlands) with an estimated population of 21,133 (as of January 1, 2011).
  • What year were 5 or more babies first named Marlin? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1884 when it was given as a first name to 6 new born babies.
  • When was Marlin first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Marlin is Tuesday, September 22nd, 1874.
  • What year had the most people named Marlin born? The highest recorded use of the first name Marlin was in 1935 with a total of 386 babies.
  • Random Marlin Factoid: According to the 1932 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Marlin ranks 95th in popularity as a baby boy's name in South Dakota. Imagine that, 15 babies in South Dakota have the same name in 1932.
  • Weird things about the name Marlin: The name spelled backwards is Nilram. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Nlrmia. How do you pronounce that?
  • How many people have the last name Marlin? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 5,602 people with the last name Marlin.
  • How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Marlin? If you manage to meet 100,000 people in your life, chances are that 2 of them will have Marlin as their last name.
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