Arline

Where Arline comes from

The dictionaries list Arline as a given name — a female given name originating as a coinage, of older usage, variant of Arlene — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #754 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1885
    Arline Pretty born
    American actress
  3. 1912
    Arline Judge born
    American actress
  4. 1936
    Peak, #248
    631 babies named Arline — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1939
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #446.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, of older usage, variant of Arlene.
Namesakes
  • Arline Judge · American actress, 1912–1974
  • Arline Pretty · American actress, 1885–1978
  • Arline Hunter · American actress and model, 1931–2018
  • Arline Généreux · Canadian, born 1897; artist, 1897–1987
  • Arline Burks Gant · American actor, director and costume designer

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.