Arlene
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning pledge or oath; a form of Arleen.
Arlene by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Arlene. In the US, 152 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,916 babies in 1934, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.
Names that come from Arlene
Forms of Arlene in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arlene. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Arlene
Names that are said the same way as Arlene, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean an oath or promise
Like Arlene, each of these has an oath or promise in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
- Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elizagod is my oath; short form of Elizabeth712 in England and Wales (2025)
- Isabelgod is my oath; form of Elizabeth2,016 in the US (2017)
- Elisemy god is an oath; a form of Elisabeth1,707 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Arlene
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