Given name
Earlene
“a noble woman; a great leader”
Earlene is a variant of Earline. In English use, Earline carries the interpretation “a noble woman; a great leader.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Earlene is a variant of Earline. In English use, Earline carries the interpretation “a noble woman; a great leader.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Earlene connects to the Earl name family through Earline. Earl has been associated with English and Old English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Earlene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,170
- 5 boys · 14,165 girls
- Most popular year
- 1947
- 407 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 407 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,002 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Earlene’s family of names
Earlene has a related form in Earline.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Earlene
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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