Marleen

Where Marleen comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Marleen.

  • Hebrew
Marleen through the years
  1. 1926
    First appearance
    #4,306 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1939
    Peak, #740
    85 babies named Marleen, its best rank.
  3. 1948
    Marleen Gorris born
    Dutch writer and director
  4. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,766.
  5. 1979
    Marleen Veldhuis born
    Dutch swimmer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Marlene.
Namesakes
  • Marleen Veldhuis · Dutch swimmer, born 1979
  • Marleen Gorris · Dutch writer and director, born 1948
  • Marleen van Iersel · Dutch volleyball player, born 1988
  • Marleen Jochems · Dutch field hockey player, born 2000
  • Marleen Renders · Belgian distance runner, born 1968

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.