What does Dusk mean?
A modern word-name from the English word 'dusk', the darker stage of twilight, ultimately from Old English 'dox / dosc' meaning 'dark-coloured, dusky'. Note: used as a vocabulary name rather than a traditional given name.
What does Marlowe mean?
An English habitational surname from Marlow in Buckinghamshire, from Old English 'mere' (lake, pool) + 'laf' (remnants, leavings), i.e. marshy ground left after a lake was drained. Often loosely glossed 'driftwood'. It also recalls the Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe.