Marlene

A girls’ name of Germanic origin, meaning beloved; a form of Magdalene.

Babies a year
191
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies

Marlene by the numbers

In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Marlene. In the US, 191 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 5,332 babies in 1936, so it is a 1930s name that has since fallen a long way.

Other names that come from Magdalene

Like Marlene, each of these traces back to Magdalene: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Madelinefrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene2,938 in the US (2017)
  • Madelynnwoman of Magdala; a form of Magdalene685 in the US (2017)
  • Madalynwoman from magdala; a form of Magdalene448 in the US (2017)
  • Magdalenefrom Magdala, a town in Galilee109 in the US (2017)
  • Lenibright; a form of Helene or Magdalene78 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maddilynnwoman from Magdala; a modern respelling of Madelynn or Magdalene54 in the US (2017)
  • Madalinefrom Magdala; a form of Magdalene41 in the US (2017)
  • Maddalenaof magdala or tower; a form of Magdalene28 in the US (2017)

Names that come from Marlene

Forms of Marlene in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Marleighlake by the boundary; a modern respelling of Marlene296 in the US (2017)
  • Marlaof mars; a diminutive of Marlene46 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marlainalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)
  • Marlanalake by the boundary; a form of Marlene10 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Marlene. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Marleepleasant lake or fen clearing; a variant of Marley657 in the US (2017)
  • Marlenalake boundary; a form of Marlene60 in the US (2017)
  • Marlen54 in the US (2017)
  • Marleny41 in the US (2017)
  • Maylene31 in the US (2017)
  • Marleni11 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Marlene

Names that are said the same way as Marlene, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Other names that mean love

Like Marlene, each of these has love in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Milagracious, dear1,014 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
  • Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Mollybeloved; a diminutive of Mary405 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Freyalady; goddess of love1,802 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amybeloved1,724 in the US (2017)

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