Earlene

Where Earlene comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Earlene.

  • Vowel-ended
Earlene through the years
  1. 1901
    First appearance
    #1,679 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1935
    Earlene Brown born
    American shot putter and discus thrower
  3. 1938
    Peak, #314
    388 babies named Earlene, its best rank.
  4. 1954
    Earlene Fowler born
    American writer
  5. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #719.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English derived from Earl.
Namesakes
  • Earlene Brown · American shot putter and discus thrower, 1935–1983
  • Earlene Fowler · American writer, born 1954

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.