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What does Darlene mean?
Darlene 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced dar-LEEN. It is of English origin, and the meaning of Darlene is "dearling; darling". Contemporary form of the Old English word. First used in the late 1930s.
ASSOCIATED WITH old
Variations
VARIANTS Dareen, Darelle, Darla▼, Darleane, Darleen▼, Darleena, Darlena, Darlenny, Darlina, Darline, Darlinn, Darlyn, Darlyne, Darrelle, Darryleen, Darrylene, Darryline
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Darlene Celina (D.C.), ..
How popular is Darlene?
Darlene is a very popular first name for women (#157 out of 4276, Top 4%) but a unique last name for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Darlene was first listed in 1900-1909 and reached its peak position of #71 in the U.S. in the 1950s, and is presently at #1602. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Darlene (#1602 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) appearing in the Top 2000 are Darla (#1279), Darleen, Darlena, Darline and Darlyne. Usage of these relations of Darlene was at its highest during 1950-1959 (MEDIAN #1001) and is now much diminished (#1813, DOWN 95.2%).
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Arlene▼, Cailene, Carlee, Carlen, Carlena, Carlene▼, Carline, Carlyne, Charlene▼, Corlene, Dalena, Daline, Darbee, Darcee, Dareece, Dareese, Dariane, Dariele (see Daria), Darien, Darienne, Darolyn, Darsee, Darylene, Darylin, Daryline, Darylyn, Darylyne (see Daryl), Darynne, Delene, Dellene, Doraleene (see Dora), Dorene▼, Earldene (see Earla), Earlene▼, Earline▼, Erlene, Gaylene, Harlee▲, Harlene, Kaelene, Kailene, Kalene▼, Karene, Karlee, Karlen, Karlena, Karlene, Karline, Karlyne, Kaylene▼, Laraene, Lurlene, Marcene, Marilene, Marlane, Marleene, Marlele, Marlen▼, Marlena▼, Marlene▼, Marleni, Marlenn (see Marlin), Marlenne, Marline, Marlyne, Maylene, Myrlene, Orlene, Paulene, Raelene, Raylene, Sharlene▼, Starlene, Talene and Verlene. These names tend to be less frequently used than Darlene.
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