Show ContentsMarlene History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Marlene family

The surname Marlene was first found in Gloucestershire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held lands.

Early History of the Marlene family

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Marlene Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Merlin, Merling and others.

Early Notables of the Marlene family

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Migration of the Marlene family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Marlene (post 1700) +

  • Marlene Clark (1949-2023), American actress, animator and fashion model
  • Marlene Hagge (1934-2023), née Bauer, an American professional LPGA golfer, one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950, inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame
  • Marlene Ahrens Ostertag (1933-2020), Chilean silver medalist in Javelin throw at the 1956 Summer Olympics
  • Marlene Budd, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1996 1
  • Ms. Marlene Jones R.V.M., British Housekeeping Assistant for Highgrove House, was appointed the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) on 29th December 2018 2
  • Marlene Hapai, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Hawaii, 2008 3
  • Marlene Paula VerPlanck (1933-2018), née Pampinella, an American jazz and pop vocalist from Newark, New Jersey
  • Marlene Catterall (b. 1939), Canadian former politician, Member of Parliament for Ottawa West (1988-1997), for Ottawa West-Nepean (1997-2006)
  • Marlene J. Hager, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1980 4
  • Marlene Frich, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from West Virginia, 2012 4


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  2. "Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62507, 28 December 2018 | London Gazette, The Gazette, Dec. 2018, www.thegazette.co.uk/honours-lists
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 30) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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