Arlene

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proper noun

A female given name originating as a coinage.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Arleen · alternative Arline

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

    Mama hated her own name, Arlene. "Arlene, Marlene, Darlene, they're all hayseed names," she deplored. Even more than Arlene, she hated Lena, which she'd been called in school, growing up.

    1989, Faith Sullivan, The Cape Ann, Penguin, published 1989, →ISBN, page 2

Origin

A nineteenth-century coinage probably based on similar-sounding names such as Charlene and Arlette.

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Translations

Portuguese Arlene
  • Arlenefemale given name

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

leanerArleenrelane
Cite this entry
APA

Arlene. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arlene

MLA

“Arlene.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arlene. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Arlene,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Arlene.

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