Marlene (given name)

Marlene

Pronunciation	German: [maɐ̯ˈleːn(ə)] or [marˈleːn(ə)]
Gender	Female
Origin
Language(s)	German
Meaning	Mary Magdalene
Region of origin	German speaking world
Other names
Related names	Maria and Magdalene

Marlene is a German feminine given name. It is derived from Maria combined with Magdalene.

People with this name include:

Notable people

Politics

• Marlene Catterall, Canadian Member of Parliament 1988-2005
• Marlene Cowling, Canadian Member of Parliament 1993-1997
• Marlene Graham, member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta 1997-2004
• Marlene Jennings, Canadian Member of Parliament, 1997-2011
• Marlene Johnson, Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota 1983-1991

Academia

• Marlene Belfort, who helped discover self-splicing introns in bacteriophage DNA
• Marlene Scardamalia, education researcher
• Marlene Zuk, evolutionary biologist

Sports

• Marlene Hagge
• Marlene Ahrens
• Marlene Elejarde
• Marlène Harnois (born 1986), French taekwondo practitioner
• Marlene Matthews
• Marlene Slebsager, Danish cricketer
• Marlene Streit
• Marlene Weingärtner, tennis player
• Marlene Thomsen, badminton player

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 Enright, Irish singer
• Marlene Janssen, American model
• Marlène Jobert, French actress
• Marlene Morrow, American model
• Marlene Schmidt, Miss Universe in 1961
• Marlene van Niekerk, writer
• Marlene Favela, Mexican actress

Arts

• Marlene Neubauer-Woerner
• Marlene Dumas

Others

• Marlene Lehnberg, also known as The Scissor Murderess
• Marlene Garcia-Esperat, murdered journalist

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
• Marlene Boyce, character in Only Fools and Horses and The Green Green Grass

See also

• Marleen