Marlon Is Not in the Bible — and Nobody Knows What It Means

Marlon is not in the Bible, and nobody knows what it means. That is not evasion — it is what the reference works actually say. Meaning unknown. The name reached wide use because an American actor bore it, and he was named after his father. Beyond that the trail goes cold. What does the name Marlon mean? We do not know. Various sites will offer confident answers — “little hawk” is a common one — but these are guesses dressed…