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Help[Facts] Re: Alternate origin for Darlene
in reply to a message by Dorchadas
In the American case, that is possible.
However, there were also records that are not American, like in Hungary, Netherlands, England and Germany itself, going all the way back to the 1500s. I suppose they could have been mistranscriptions of Karolina in the German and Hungarian case. I am guessing that maybe Darlene is actually an old diminutive form of Dorothy and maybe onomasts were just assuming it was more modern and based on "darling."
I have also seen Direlyne (England, cir. 1580s), Diwerlina (in the Netherlands, 1700s), Doroline (England, Netherlands), Dorolina (Italy, Spain) and Darlene itself listed in 2 records in 16th-century Hungary.
However, there were also records that are not American, like in Hungary, Netherlands, England and Germany itself, going all the way back to the 1500s. I suppose they could have been mistranscriptions of Karolina in the German and Hungarian case. I am guessing that maybe Darlene is actually an old diminutive form of Dorothy and maybe onomasts were just assuming it was more modern and based on "darling."
I have also seen Direlyne (England, cir. 1580s), Diwerlina (in the Netherlands, 1700s), Doroline (England, Netherlands), Dorolina (Italy, Spain) and Darlene itself listed in 2 records in 16th-century Hungary.
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