Marlena
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/mɑɹˈɫeɪnə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Marlena is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Poland than in any other country.
- PLPoland1 in 788(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 32K
- DEGermany≈1 in 37K
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.
- Poland (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 360 (measured from records)
- 1 in 788 (inferred from the name graph)
48,612 people, 2026
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Poland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Marlena, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Marlena 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | #197 | 48,612 | 1 in 788 | 49K | Marlena | 154 |
| US United States | — | 10,496 | 1 in 32K | 10K | Marlena | 360 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 37K | — | Marlena | 109 |
| BR Brazil | — | 1,501 | 1 in 141K | 1.5K | — | 2 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 44K | 4 | Marlena | 104 |
| IE Ireland | #718 | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 24K | — | Marlena | 24 |
| HR Croatia | — | 200 | 1 in 21K | 217 | Marlena | 24 |
| LV Latvia | — | 148 | 1 in 13K | 148 | — | 3 |
| IS Iceland | — | 53 | 1 in 6.6K | 53 | Marlena | 8 |
48,612 people counted by dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20), 2026. 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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Marlena is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Latvian, Sievietes vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Marlen Khutsievb. 1925RUnot in their usual nameSoviet film director, screenwriter (1925-2019)
- Marlena Milwiwb. 1931PLPolish actress
- Marlen Spindlerb. 1931RUnot in their usual nameRussian artist (1931-2003)
- Marlena Shawb. 1942USAmerican female singer (1942–2024)
- Marlena Zagonib. 1951RORomanian rower
- Atishi Marlenab. 1981INIndian politician
- Marlena Kowalikb. 1984DEGerman footballer
- Marlen Esparzab. 1989USnot in their usual nameAmerican boxer
- Marlen Reusserb. 1991CHnot in their usual nameSwiss cyclist
- Marlen Zmorkab. 1993UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian bicycle racer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 70 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 49K | #102 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 49K | #102 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10K | #2,382 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 1.5K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 1.5K | #6,265 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 1.4K | #7,517 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 217 | — |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 200 | #1,162 |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2025 | 87 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 56 | — |
| IS Iceland | Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry) | 2026 | 53 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2000 | 36 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- How do you pronounce Marlena?
- A machine transcription gives /mɑɹˈɫeɪnə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Marlena a male or female name?
- Marlena 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 Marlena?
- In the etymology graph, Marlene, Marla and Marleny are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Marlena have the most bearers?
- In Poland, the national register counted about 49 thousand people named Marlena, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled marlena.
- Where is Marlena most common?
- Marlena is densest in Poland, where the national register counts about 1 in 788 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Marlena?
- In Poland, the national register counted 48,612 people named Marlena in 2026, about 1 in 788 residents.
- How common is Marlena compared with other names?
- In Poland, Marlena is the 197th most common given name of 25,969 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Marlena?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/marlenaThe 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, “Marlena” — the 197th most common given name in Poland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.