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I hate it but I have my personally reasons to do so. I will always associate it with a certain Marlene. I don't get how Marlene can be pronounced like Mar-leen-ah though. I would spell it Marlena if that's the pronounciation you prefer.

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I think it's a bit dated. I'd probably jump I'd be surprised if I heard this on a child today.

I agree that the Marleenah prn is better than Marleen. I could see it growing on me; I definitely like it for someone else.

I love it spelt Marlena.

I very much like Mar-LAY-na, but I think "Marleena" might be the most troublesome pronunciation of all. "Marleen" is a normal English pronunciation of the word, and "Marlayna" the German one (OK strictly speaking it's that continental 'eh' sound rather than 'ay'), but I find it hard to get "Marleena" out of the letters Marlene.

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"Marleen" sounds dated but "Marlayna" seems elegant and pretty. I'd use it as a middle name to eliminate the pronunciation issues.

I love Marlene pronounced mahr-LAY-nuh! Absolutely adore it. Don't care for mahr-LEEN, so obviously the name is not usable for me. Marlene "No, it's mahr-LAY-nuh" would get punched in the face. I might use it for a middle name, though. Have some combos, off the top of my head:

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Marlene Katherine
Marlene Eloise
Marlene Judith (I like this with either Judith pronounciation)
Marlene Bianca
Marlene Blythe
Marlene Cécile
Marlene Edith (again, both pronounciations)
Marlene Ilana (is this good repetitive or bad repetitive? I think good)
Marlene Hedwig / Marlene Hedviga
Marlene Léonide
Marlene Johanne

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Judith Marlene
Anna Marlene
Léonide Marlene
Livia Marlene
Linnet Marlene
Jeanne Marlene
Joan Marlene

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Do you like any?

Could you perhaps spell it Marlena? That way, people would always pronounce it the way you like. You could also use Lena as a nn.