Arlen - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Arlen \a-

, also used as girl's name Arlen, is pronounced AR-len. It is of Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "pledge, oath".

Arlen has 9 variant forms: Arlan, Arland, Arlando, Arlenn, Arles, Arlin, Arlyn, Arllen and Arrlen.

Baby names that sound like Arlen are Erlend, Orlin and Orlan.

Arlen is a somewhat common first name for men (#1134 out of 1220) and also a somewhat common last name for both men and women (#75383 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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