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Help[Opinions] Nicknames for Marlene
I think an obvious choice would be Marly / Marley / Marlie or perhaps Marla, some others might be Lena or Lenny or even Lanie if you want to be far-fetched, M or Mar-mar there's obviously a lot. The one I think is the sweetest (and the nickname of the only Marlene I know) is Molly, which can then lead to Moll. I think Molly is such a cute diminutive for a little girl who can't carry the weight of Marlene. I personally am kind of sad that it is seen as an old and dated name, I wouldn't use it as a first name because I'd never want anyone to criticize her name all the time and middle names aren't used as often in public. I prefer the Dutch/German pronunciation of mahr-LAY-na.
Thoughts?
Ileana Elisabeth, Francis Adriaan, Théa Marlene and Ira James / Ira John.
Thoughts?
Ileana Elisabeth, Francis Adriaan, Théa Marlene and Ira James / Ira John.
This message was edited 6/25/2014, 9:45 PM
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Since you prefer that pronunciation, what about Layna/Lana?
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I never specially thought of Marlene as dated or old. Would it really be criticised all the time? I quite like it.
You're right that it is a bit sophisticated for a little girl, but Molly is an adorable nickname. Myself, I prefer Lena, but none can deny that Molly is cute.
If it was a middle name there would be no occasion to shorten it at all, though.
You're right that it is a bit sophisticated for a little girl, but Molly is an adorable nickname. Myself, I prefer Lena, but none can deny that Molly is cute.
If it was a middle name there would be no occasion to shorten it at all, though.
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I kind of put this out there so I could see what peoples' opinions might be on Marlene as a first name, I agree with you Lena and Molly are the only nicknames I *really* like out of all of the ones I listed.
Something that just popped into my head while writing this is Marlene Theodosia, I think you could make tons of names with it it just seems one of those names that though people call it old fashioned it is very flexible in what it might be paired with.
Something that just popped into my head while writing this is Marlene Theodosia, I think you could make tons of names with it it just seems one of those names that though people call it old fashioned it is very flexible in what it might be paired with.
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