Marlena
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning lake boundary; a form of Marlene.
Marlena by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Marlena. In the US, 60 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 470 babies in 1978, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Marlene
Like Marlena, each of these traces back to Marlene: a form of it, a name built from it, or 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 Marlena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Marlena
Names that are said the same way as Marlena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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