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Starlene
How to Pronounce Starlene
Pronounced STAR-leen /หstษr.lin/Medium
Meaning: Starlene blends the English word 'star' with the fashionable -lene suffix seen in Charlene and Marlene; it is an American coinage rather than an inherited name.Medium
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History & Origin
Starlene is a twentieth-century American coinage rather than a traditional name: it takes the shining word star and adds the popular -lene ending borrowed from Charlene and Marlene. The result is a name whose meaning is transparent and celestial by design.
It appeared with the broad postwar taste for -lene names, reached its high point around 1950, and slipped away by the early 2000s. Its wholesome, aspirational sound keeps it firmly a period coinage, though 'star' names in general have a modern following.
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What does the name Starlene mean?
Starlene is a mid-century American coinage combining the word 'star' with the -lene ending of Charlene and Marlene.
How do you pronounce Starlene?
It's said STAR-leen /หstษr.lin/ โ two syllables, stress on the first.
Is Starlene a boy or girl name?
Starlene is used as a girl's name, a mid-century coinage.
How popular is Starlene?
Starlene is a rare, dated girls' name most at home in the mid-twentieth century.