THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Marlene
Marlene is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Marlene Daudén, Marlene Garcia-Esperat. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from German Marlene.
A female given name from Hebrew borrowed from German in early 20th century.
Wiktionary: Marlene (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name
Wiktionary: Marlene (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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People with the name Marlene
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Marlene Daudén
Filipino actress
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Marlene Garcia-Esperat
Filipino journalist (1959-2005)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
2
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Marlene Daudén, Marlene Garcia-Esperat
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Marlene in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Marlene
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Marivene·Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Mabine·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Mailed·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Maloney·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Malven·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Marcel♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Marcela♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Marcelo♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Marlene?
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Explore Marlene further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q1402673 — Marlene (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Marlene Daudén (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1402673 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Marlene Garcia-Esperat (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1402673 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Marlene (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Marlene (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.