Marilou

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Marilou Correa Diaz-Abaya (1955 – 2012) was a Filipina multi-award winning film director. She was conferred the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Film and Broadcast Arts in 2022, she was the founder and president of the Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, a film school based in Antipolo, Philippines. She was the director of the 1998 film José Rizal, a biographical film on the Philippines' national hero of the same name. She was part of the Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema.
― Lumi  5/30/2023
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Marilou Cayco is a Filipina politician from Batanes island in the Philippines, and currently the Governor of Batanes. She has been elected two terms as Governor of Batanes. She first won election to Governor in 2016 and was re-elected in 2019.
― Lumi  5/30/2023
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Marilou, a character in the book series The Complicated Life of Léa Olivier. She is Léa's best friend.
― Anonymous User  5/4/2022
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This name is most commonly used in the Philippines as a short form of Maria Lourdes (not María Lourdes) [noted -ed]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Marilou
https://forebears.io/forenames/marilouAnother less common, but still-heard-of short form of Maria Lourdes is Malou.
― I like old names  12/11/2021
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If it was Greek, it would be Μαριλου. Which means a combination of Maria and Louiza.
― heyyyyyyyyyyyy  11/6/2016
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I had a teacher named Marilou. The spelling always makes me think of 'caribou'!
― silly_rabbit  9/12/2015
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Maybe just name her Mary Louise and call her Marilou. This name looks so dated and southern.
― Anonymous User  6/11/2013
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It's not as bad as Luanne, Darlene, and other 1950-ish dim-witted country girl names, but it counts as one of them for me.
― slight night shiver  4/30/2008
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I hear this name often in Québec. It's an all encompassing name fun, smart, strong, sensitive and feminine.
― oopy  2/8/2008
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This name is, first and foremost, French in origin: Marilou comes from Marie-Louise. Further, Marilou is not only used in English-speaking countries, but also in France and the Netherlands. [noted -ed]
― Lucille  11/24/2007
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A French singer with an amazing voice. Her latest hit is "Tu es comme ça" featuring Garou.
― Mary-Rach  7/31/2005
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