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Arlene

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

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Arlene

  1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
    • 1989, Faith Sullivan, The Cape Ann, Penguin, published 1989, →ISBN, page 2:
      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.

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Arlene f

  1. a female given name, equivalent to English Arlene

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Arlene.

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Arlene (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

  1. a female given name from English