Marlene is vintage like
Arlene and
Darlene but a little more sporty/current like
Marley. Kinda cute in a stylized way.
The
German pronunciation is ok. I think people in the US are reasonably familiar with it.
I don't like
Marlena mahr-LEEN-uh. The schwa just seems unnecessary. Or it's maybe annoyingly soft since I'm more used to
Martina and Karlina. But also I don't like
Elena or
Helena or
Lena with LEEN pronunciations...
Really I like
Marlén mahr-LEHN best.
This message was edited 4/16/2022, 7:31 PM