Marlena

Variant English Pronunciation: MAHR-leen-ə.

Marlene Dietrich pronounced hers Mar-Lay-Na even though it's not spelled that way. My mother gave me my middle name after her, Marlene, but pronounced it Mar-Leen. I changed it to Marlena, pronounced Mar-Lay-Na. I love it now.

This is my name and it's pronounced (Mar-LAY-nah). I think it sounds more elegant that way.

My name is Marlena (but I'm known to everyone as Marley). It's pronounced "mar-LAY-nuh". I think that's the most common English pronunciation.

I pronounce this mar-LAY-nah.

In Polish it is pronounced mar-LEN-a and in English it is most often pronounced mar-LANE-a.