Arlene
English
Etymology
A nineteenth-century coinage probably based on similar-sounding names such as Charlene and Arlette.
Proper noun
Arlene
- A female given name.
- 1989 Faith Sullivan, The Cape Ann, Penguin 1989, →ISBN, page 2:
- 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 1989, →ISBN, page 2:
Translations
female given name
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /aʁ.ˈle.ni/
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ar‧lene
- IPA(key): /ar.ˈlin/
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