Marlene
Meaning and origin
From German Marlene.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Marlene (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Marlene has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2012. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,111 |
| 2000 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 2,170 |
| 2002 | 2,190 |
| 2003 | 2,231 |
| 2004 | 2,259 |
| 2005 | 2,244 |
| 2006 | 2,262 |
| 2007 | 2,271 |
| 2008 | 2,286 |
| 2009 | 2,284 |
| 2010 | 2,293 |
| 2011 | 2,304 |
| 2012 | 2,311 |
| 2013 | 2,309 |
| 2014 | 2,305 |
| 2015 | 2,301 |
| 2016 | 2,302 |
| 2017 | 2,302 |
| 2018 | 2,296 |
| 2019 | 2,310 |
| 2020 | 2,315 |
Marlene in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marlene.Hi! My name is Marlene.
- Marlene ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Marlene called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Vet du om Marlene kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Marlene is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Marlenes mamma är lärare.Marlene's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Marlenes mamma is Marlene's mum.
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Questions about Marlene
How do you pronounce Marlene in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Marlene from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Marlene mean?
From German Marlene.
How popular is Marlene in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Marlene in 2022. In 2020, 2,315 people in Sweden had Marlene as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2012 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.