Charlene
US/ʃɑɹˈlin/
Charlene proper noun: a female given name from the Germanic languages; most used in the U.S. in the 1940s.
Proper noun
Charlene
- A female given name from the Germanic languages; most used in the U.S. in the 1940s.
- "Be grateful for our blessings, Charlie." My name's really Charlene. Sounds like a southern romance, Fabio drooling over Charlene's heaving bosom. I'm no Charlene, even at fourteen.1997, Roderick Peter MacIntyre, Takes: Stories for Young Adults, Thistledown Press, →ISBN, page 58
Forms of Charlene
| alternative form | Sharlene |
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Origin of Charlene
A feminine form of Charles coined in the nineteenth century. Compare Marlene, Helene and Magdalene for the suffix.
Words that rhyme with Charlene
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- glean
- between
- byzantine
- canteen
- greene
- preen
- Racine
- careen
- intervene
- lean
- wean
- Christine
- obscene
- routine
- skene
- spleen
- submarine
- cuisine
- gasoline
- irene
- red bean
- serene
- -ene
- baleen
- demean
- eleventeen
- fascine
- gombeen
- latrine
- pristine
- Qazvin
- sheen
- tangerine
- unclean
- unseen
- vaccine
- amine
- aquamarine
- Beane
- beseen
- bottine
- chopine
- Enigma machine
- Eugene
- gene
- in between
- internecine
- jean
Questions about Charlene
- What does Charlene mean?
- Charlene means a female given name from the Germanic languages; most used in the U.S. in the 1940s.
- What part of speech is Charlene?
- Charlene is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Charlene?
- Charlene is pronounced /ʃɑɹˈlin/ (US).
Words near Charlene in the dictionary
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