Marlene (given name)

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Gender Female Meaning "Free one" Related names Maria and Magdalene		Word/name German Region of origin German language
Pronunciation Mahr-leen or Mar-lay-nuh" or "mahrlana"

Marlene is a German feminine given name. Pronounced Mahr-leen or Mar-lay-nuh. It is derived from Maria combined with Magdalene.

See Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries for a curiosity with this name.

People with this name include:

In politics

Marlene Cowling

Marlene Johnson

Marlene Catterall

Marlene Graham

Marlene Jennings

In academia

Marlene Belfort, who helped discover self-splicing introns in bacteriophage DNA

Marlene Scardamalia, education researcher

Marlene Zuk, evolutionary biologist

In sports

Marlene Hagge

Marlene Ahrens

Marlene Elejarde

Marlène Harnois (born 1986), French taekwondo practitioner

Marlene Matthews

Marlene Streit

Marlene Weingärtner, tennis player

Marlene Thomsen, badminton player

In entertainment

Marlene Daudén, Filipina drama actress

Marlene Dietrich, German actress and entertainer

Marlene Warfield, American actress

Marlene Callahan, also known as Marlene Wallace

Marlene Charell, German entertainer

Marlene Janssen, American model

Marlene Morrow, American model

Marlene Schmidt, Miss Universe in 1961

Marlene van Niekerk, writer

Marlene Favela, Mexican actress

In arts

Marlene Neubauer-Woerner

Marlene Dumas

Others

Marlene Lehnberg, also known as The Scissor Murderess

Marlene Garcia-Esperat, murder victim

Fictional characters

Marlene (Final Fantasy VII)

Marlene Alraune, of the Marvel Universe

Marlene Griggs-Knope, from American comedy series Parks and Recreation

Marlene Kratz, from Australian soap opera Neighbours

Marlene Rush, from the Robotech Series

Marlene the otter, character in the animated TV show The Penguins of Madagascar

Marlene McKinnon, character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

References

Marlene (given name) Wikipedia

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