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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.

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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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