Arleen

Arleen

Pronunciation	/ˈɑːrliːn/
Gender	Female
Languages	Celtic, Irish
Origin
Word/name	English

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). ^[1]

Given name

• Arlene The Housewife, a female wrestler from Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
• Arlene Agus (1949–2024), American Orthodox Jewish feminist and activist
• Arlene Alda (born 1933), American musician, photographer, and writer
• Arlene Arcillas (born 1969), city mayor of Santa Rosa, Laguna
• Arleen Auger (1939–1993), American soprano, admired for her coloratura voice and interpretations of works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Gluck, and Mozart
• Arlene Blencowe (born 1989), mixed martial artist and boxer
• Arlene Brosas (born 1976), Filipino educator, child rights activist, and politician
• Arlene Chai (born 1955), Filipino-Chinese-Australian author
• Arlene Dahl (1925–2021), American actress
• Arleen Day (1949–2012), Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan
• Arlene Eisenberg (1934–2001), American author
• Arline Fisch (born 1931), American artist and educator
• 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 and game show panelist
• Arlene Golonka (1936–2021), American actress
• Arleene Johnson (1924–2017), Canadian former infielder who played from 1945 through 1948 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
• Arline Judge (1912–1972), American actress-singer
• Arline Burks Gant, director, actress, and costume designer
• Arlene Harris (1896–1976), Canadian-born American radio, film, and television actress
• Arlene Howell (born 1939), American television actress
• Arlene Hutton, American playwright, theatre artist, and teacher
• Arlene Klasky (born 1949), American artist
• Arlene Martel (1936–2014), 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
• Arleen Schloss (born 1943), artists from New York
• Arlene Semeco (born 1984), freestyle swimmer
• Arlene Anderson Skutch (1924–2012), singer, actress, and painter
• Arleen Sorkin (1955–2023), American actress
• Arleen Whelan (1916–1993), American film actress
• Arlene Williams (1946–2017), TV host
• Arlene Xavier (born 1969), volleyball player

Fictional characters

• Arlene, a character in the movie 13 Going on 30
• Arlene, a fictional character in Garfield
• Arlene Joseph, a character in the 1998 Canadian-American independent film Smoke Signals
• Arlene, a fictional character in The X-Files

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Arleen
• All pages with titles containing Arleen
• "Arlene" (song), the 1985 debut single by American country music artist Marty Stuart

References

1. Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 63. ISBN   978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC   67869278 . Retrieved 21 November 2024.