Marlen

Where Marlen comes from

Marlen hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1925
    Marlen Khutsiev born
    Soviet film director, screenwriter
  2. 1932
    First appearance
    #3,901 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1972
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1991
    Marlen Reusser born
    Swiss cyclist
  5. 2003
    Peak, #918
    259 babies named Marlen — more than any year before or since.
  6. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,758.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Marlen Khutsiev · Soviet film director, screenwriter, 1925–2019
  • Marlen Reusser · Swiss cyclist, born 1991
  • Marlen Esparza · American boxer, born 1989
  • Marlen Angelidou · Greek singer, born 1978
  • Marlen Zmorka · Ukrainian bicycle racer, born 1993

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.