Message: "The name Marlene"

[Facts] The name Marlene

by mama2461

5/3/2005, 10:10 AM

The name marlene it says in most descriptions,comes from Mary Of Magdelene. That Marlene is a combination of both the names Mary & magdelene. It says the origins are from Germany & that Marlene Dietrich first used the name. Was that for the first time in Germany? If mary & magdelene come from the first testament than surely the real origins are from Hebrew. It then ended up in Germany(pronounced Marlena). In Enlish it is Marlene. Does anyone know where the name 1st originated from? Thanks Marlene

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This message was edited 5/3/2005, 10:16 AM

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- Andy ;—) (guest) +1

5/3/2005, 10:18 AM

The name seems to be far older. This is taken from the "Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch" by W.Seibicke

Marlena, -e w, KF (Kontraktion) von Maria Magdalena (s. a. DS 1993, 106); Var.: Marle(e)n, Marla, Marlène
Bel.: Landkreis Harburg 1648: 7,8%, 1668: 15,9% (3.Pl.), 1688: 10,0% (4. Pl.), 1708: 13,2% (2. Pl.), danach nicht mehr, RIECKMANN 234; Sophia M. Janßen 1689 Hannover, ZODER I, 805; Ahrensburg vor 1760, WULF 92; Sophia M. Müller, geb. 1798 Wittingen, Mutter: Maria Magdalena Wilhelm. M. geb. Mohr, Geneal. 1986, 51; der Name „findet sich viel im 18. Jahrhundert“, SCHÜTTE 1901, 9, s.v. Mallene; ostfries., BRONS 1877, 60; einmal evangel. an einer höheren Schule in Berlin im Schuljahr 1900/01, PULVERM. II, 28; M. (eigtl. Maria Magdalena Sieber geb.) Dietrich, Schausp., geb. 1901 Berl

- mama2461

5/4/2005, 4:02 PM

Hey Andy thanks for that! Will try to decifer amidst the German.
My middle name is also Maria,so my whole name near enough is a variation of itself...crazy hey. Marlene

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