Marlene (given name)

Marlene
Pronunciation	Mahr-leen or Mar-lay-nuh
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	German
Meaning	"Free one"
Region of origin	German language
Other names
Related names	Maria and Magdalene

Marlene is a German feminine given name. Pronounced Mahr-leen or Mar-lay-nuh. It is derived from Maria combined with Magdalene.

See Names in Russian Empire, Soviet Union and CIS countries for a curiosity with this name.

People with this name include:

Real people

In politics

• Marlene Cowling
• Marlene Johnson
• Marlene Catterall
• Marlene Graham
• Marlene Jennings

In academia

• Marlene Belfort, who helped discover self-splicing introns in bacteriophage DNA
• Marlene Scardamalia, education researcher
• Marlene Zuk, evolutionary biologist

In sports

• Marlene Hagge
• Marlene Ahrens
• Marlene Elejarde
• Marlène Harnois (born 1986), French taekwondo practitioner
• Marlene Matthews
• Marlene Streit
• Marlene Weingärtner, tennis player
• Marlene Thomsen, badminton player

In entertainment

• Marlene Daudén, Filipina drama actress
• Marlene Dietrich, German actress and entertainer
• Marlene Warfield, American actress
• Marlene Callahan, also known as Marlene Wallace
• Marlene Charell, German entertainer
• Marlene Janssen, American model
• Marlene Morrow, American model
• Marlene Schmidt, Miss Universe in 1961
• Marlene van Niekerk, writer
• Marlene Favela, Mexican actress

In arts

• Marlene Neubauer-Woerner
• Marlene Dumas

Others

• Marlene Lehnberg, also known as The Scissor Murderess
• Marlene Garcia-Esperat, murder victim

Fictional characters

• Marlene (Final Fantasy VII)
• Marlene Alraune, of the Marvel Universe
• Marlene Griggs-Knope, from American comedy series Parks and Recreation
• Marlene Kratz, from Australian soap opera Neighbours
• Marlene Rush, from the Robotech Series
• Marlene the otter, character in the animated TV show The Penguins of Madagascar
• Marlene McKinnon, character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

See also

• Marleen