Marleen
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Marlene
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Marleen is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- BEBelgium≈1 in 1.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 1.6K
- DEGermany≈1 in 20K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 308 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)
10,873 people
Highest-authority source
Belgium, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Marlene.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
How Marleen is read(measured from records)
Marleen is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English52%
A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Marlene.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Dutch19%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Marleen in Dutch.
- German9.5%
a female given name, variant of Marlene
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marleen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | #189 | 10,873 | 1 in 1.6K | 11K | Marleen | 110 |
| BE Belgium | #181 | ≈9,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 6 | Marleen | 104 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈4,100 est. | ≈1 in 20K | 7 | Marleen | 127 |
| US United States | — | 3,875 | 1 in 86K | 3.9K | Marleen | 308 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 211K | — | Marleen | 42 |
| SE Sweden | — | 161 | 1 in 63K | 161 | Marleen | 21 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 63K | 347 | Marleen | 23 |
10,873 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns); the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marleen Gorrisb. 1948NLDutch writer and director (born 1948)
- Marleen Temmermanb. 1953BEBelgian politician and obstetrician
- Marleen Stikkerb. 1962NLDutch internet pioneer (born 1962)
- Malene Blenkovb. 1967not in their usual namefilm producer
- Marleen Wissinkb. 1969NLDutch footballer
- Marleen Veldhuisb. 1979NLDutch swimmer
- Marleen Slotb. 1981NLDutch film producer
- Malene Winther Mortensenb. 1982DKnot in their usual nameDanish singer
- Marleen Lohseb. 1984DEGerman actress
- Malene Helgøb. 1999NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian tennis player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 51 sources across 31 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 11K | #212 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 7.6K | #489 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.9K | #4,696 |
| AT Austria | Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024) | 2024 | 347 | #552 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 161 | #6,136 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1951 | 133 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1953 | 132 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1950 | 126 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1954 | 122 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1952 | 117 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1948 | 116 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1949 | 108 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Marleen mean, and where does it come from?
- A female given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Marlene. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Marleen a male or female name?
- Marleen is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Marleen?
- In the etymology graph, Marlene, Marleny and Marilene are forms of the same name in other languages; Marla is a recorded short or pet form.
- In which country does Marleen have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Marleen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marleen.
- How common is the name Marleen?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 10,873 people named Marleen, about 1 in 1.6 thousand residents.
- How common is Marleen compared with other names?
- In the Netherlands, Marleen is the 189th most common given name of 101,916 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Marleen?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/marleenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Marleen” — the 189th most common given name in Netherlands. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.