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Arlene

Arlene proper noun: a female given name originating as a coinage.

Proper noun

Arlene

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • 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, published 1989, →ISBN, page 2

Forms of Arlene

alternative formArleen
alternative formArline

Origin of Arlene

A nineteenth-century coinage probably based on similar-sounding names such as Charlene and Arlette.

Questions about Arlene

What does Arlene mean?
Arlene means a female given name originating as a coinage.
What part of speech is Arlene?
Arlene is a proper noun.

Words near Arlene in the dictionary

  1. Arledge
  2. Arledges
  3. Arleen
  4. Arlen
  5. Arlena
  6. Arlene
  7. Arleng
  8. arles
  9. Arles-sur-Tech
  10. Arlesey
  11. Arlesian

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