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Around the world, מארלין (Marlène , מארלין ) is a common female first name. The first name מארלין is habitual in Suriname, where it is quite a common female name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Luxembourg, where it is quite a rare female name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, and Cameroon. Very seldom, מארלין is the last name as well as the forename.
מארלין is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Marlène Leroy , character in Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie and Marleen Van Raes .