Arleen

ArleenPronunciation| /ˈɑːrliːn/

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Gender| Female
Language(s)| 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).

## Given name[edit]

* Arleen Auger (1939–1993), American soprano, admired for her coloratura voice and interpretations of works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Monteverdi, Gluck, and Mozart
* Arleen Day (1949–2012), Canadian curler from Regina, Saskatchewan
* Arleen Schloss (born 1943), artists from New York
* Arleen Sorkin (born 1955), American actress
* Arleen Whelan (1916–1993), American film actress
* Arlene Alda (born 1933), American musician, photographer, and writer
* Arlene Anderson Skutch (1924–2012), singer, actress, and painter
* Arlene Arcillas (born 1969), city mayor of Santa Rosa, Laguna
* 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
* Arlene Eisenberg (1934–2001), American author
* 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
* 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
* Arlene Semeco (born 1984), freestyle swimmer
* Arlene The Housewife, a female wrestler from Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
* Arlene Williams (1946–2017), TV host
* Arlene Xavier (born 1969), volleyball player
* Arline Burks Gant, director, actress, and costume designer
* Arline Fisch (born 1931), American artist and educator
* Arline Judge (1912–1972), American actress-singer
* Arleene Johnson (1924–2017), Canadian former infielder who played from 1945 through 1948 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League

## Fictional characters[edit]

* 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

## Other[edit]

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

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