Marlena

Where Marlena comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Marlena.

  • Vowel-ended
Marlena through the years
  1. 1925
    First appearance
    #4,973 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1942
    Marlena Shaw born
    American female singer
  3. 1951
    Marlena Zagoni born
    Romanian rower
  4. 1978
    Peak, #430
    470 babies named Marlena, the most in any year.
  5. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #721.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Marlena Shaw · American female singer, 1942–2024
  • Marlena Zagoni · Romanian rower, 1951–2025
  • Marlena Karwacka · Polish cyclist, born 1997
  • Marlena Gola · Polish sprinter, born 1998
  • Marlena Wesh · Haitian-American sprinter, born 1991

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.