A nineteenth-century coinage probably based on similar-sounding names such asCharlene andArlette.
Arlene
- A femalegiven name originating as a coinage.
1989, Faith Sullivan,The Cape Ann, Penguin, published1989,→ISBN, page 2:Mama hated her own name,Arlene. "Arlene, Marlene, Darlene, they're all hayseed names," she deplored. Even more thanArlene, she hated Lena, which she'd been called in school, growing up.
Arlene f
- a femalegiven name, equivalent to EnglishArlene
Borrowed fromEnglishArlene.
Arlene (Baybayin spellingᜀᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜈ᜔)
- a femalegiven name from English
