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What does Marlena mean?
Marlena 
▼ as a name for girls is a Hebrew name, and the meaning of Marlena is "woman from Magdala; star of the sea; from Magdala". Marlena is a variant form of Madeline (Hebrew): variation of Madeleine. Marlena is also a variation of Marlene (German, Latin, Greek).
Variations
VARIANTS Marlina, Marleni, Marleina, Marleena, Marlayna, Marlana, Marlaina
OTHER FORMS VIA MADELINE, MARLENE Dalenna, Madalena, Madalene, Maddelena, Madelena, Madelene, Madelina, Madena, Madina, Madlen, Madlin, Madlyn, Magdalena, Mala, Malena, Malina, Marla▼, Marlane, Marlayne, Marlea, Marleah, Marlee▲, Marleen, Marleene, Marlen▼, Marley▲, Marlie, Marlin, Marline, Marlyn▼, Marlyne, Marlynne, Marna
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Marlena Lea (M.L.), ..
How popular is Marlena?
Marlena is a very popular first name for women (#1275 out of 4276, Top 30%) but a rare last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Marlena was first listed in 1940-1949 and reached its peak position of #715 in the U.S. during the years 1970-1979, but is not listed currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Marlena rated in the Top 2000 are Madeline (#100 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Marley (#221), Marlee (#482), Magdalena (#1046), Marlene (#1383), Marlie (#1494), Malina (#1644), Marlen, Marlyn, Marline, Madalene, Marleen, Madelene, Marlane, Marlana, Marla, Malena, Madlyn and Marna. Other variants, like Madina, are seldom used. These forms of Marlena were popular as baby names in 2008 (USAGE OF 0.52%) and are somewhat less popular today (USAGE 0.33%, ▼35%), with forms such as Marla going out of style. Marlee and Marley are two of the more contemporarily stylish names for newborns in this list.
Similar Names
Marlena▼ is pronounced similarly to Merlina. Other recommended sound-alike names are Carilena (see Caroline), Carlaena, Carleena, Carlenna (see Carlene), Carolena, Charlena, Dalena, Darlena, Darlene▼, Darlina, Earlena, Earlina, Fareena, Galena, Harlea, Harlene, Jalena, Jardena, Kareena, Karlina, Karrena, Malana, Maralina, Maraline, Maralyn, Maralynn (see Marilyn), Marcena, Marcene, Marcenia (see Marcene), Marcina, Mareen, Mareena, Mareesa, Marelyn, Maren▲, Marena, Marialena, Marielena, Marien, Marilena, Marilene, Marilynn▼, Marina, Markeda, Marlele, Marlenne, Marlinn, Marlisa, Marlynn, Marnina, Maroona, Marseea, Marthena, Martina, Marvela, Marvina, Marylea, Marylyn, Maveena, Maxena, Maylene, Merline, Myrlene, Myrline, Raelena, Sareena, Sarena, Sharlena, Starlena, Talena, Tareena, Tarena, Valena and Varena. These names tend to be less commonly used than Marlena.
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