Arleen


Arleen or Arlene is an Irish feminine given name and variant of Carlene or Charlene and in the French derived from feminine diminutive of Charles meaning free man.

Arleen
Pronunciation/ˈɑːrln/
GenderFemale
Language(s)Celtic, Irish
Origin
Word/nameEnglish




Given name

  • Arleen Auger (1939–1993), American soprano, admired for her coloratura voice and interpretations of works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Gluck, and Mozart
  • Arleen Sorkin (born 1956), American actress
  • Arleen Whelan (1916–1993), American film actress
  • Arleen Schloss (born 1943), artists from New York
  • Arleene Johnson (1924–2017), Canadian former infielder who played from 1945 through 1948 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
  • Arleen Day (1949–2012), Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan
  • Arlene Dahl (born 1928), American actress
  • Arlene Foster (born 1970), Northern Irish politician who has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fermanagh and South Tyrone since 2003
  • Arlene Francis (1907–2001), American actress
  • Arlene Golonka (born 1936), American actress
  • Arlene Klasky (born 1949), American artist
  • Arlene Martel (born 1936), American actress
  • Arlene Phillips (born 1943), professional dancer and theatre choreographer
  • Arlene Pieper, the first woman to officially finish a marathon in the United States, which occurred in 1959
  • Arlene Pileggi (born 1952), American actor
  • Arlene Sanford, American film and television director
  • Arlene Semeco (born 1984), freestyle swimme
  • Arlene The Housewife, a female wrestler from Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
  • Arlene Anderson Skutch (1924–2012), singer, actress and painter
  • Arlene Xavier (born 1969), volleyball player

Fictional characters

  • Arlene (Garfield), a fictional character in Garfield
  • Arlene (The X-Files), a fictional character in The X-Files

Other uses

  • "Arlene" (song), the 1985 debut single by American country music artist Marty Stuart
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