Marlene (given name)
| Pronunciation | Mah-leen or Mar-lay-nuh |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | German |
| Meaning | "Free one"[contradictory] |
| Region of origin | German language |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Maria and Magdalene |
Marlene is a German feminine given name. Pronounced Mah-leen or Mar-lay-nuh. It is derived from Maria combined with Magdalene.
People with this name include:
Real people
In politics
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 Lawston, child actress
- Marlene Morrow, American model
- Marlene Schmidt, Miss Universe in 1961
- Marlene van Niekerk, writer
- Marlene Favela, Mexican actress
In arts
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 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
See also
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