Given name
Marleena
Marleena is a feminine given name from German. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Marleena is a variant of Marlene. An origin associated with Marlene is German.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Marleena developed from Marlene.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marleena through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 181
- 0 boys · 181 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 13 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 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 249 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.
Marleena’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Marleena developed from the German form Marlene. Marleena has a related form in Marlene. In Finnish usage, Marleena has a conventional equivalent in the English form Marlene.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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