Given name

Marleina

Marleina is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Marleina is a variant of Marlene. An origin associated with Marlene is German.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Marleina through the years

Babies since 1880
27
0 boys · 27 girls
Most popular year
1994
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Marleina in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1985–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1994.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Marleina’s family of names

Marleina has a related form in Marlene.

Walk Marleina’s family in the name graph

MarleinaMarlene

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Marleina, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Marleina’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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