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 * Given Name DEENA
 * GENDER: Feminine
 * USAGE: English
 * PRONOUNCED: DEEN-A/DEENAH
 * Variant of DEANNA.Either a variant of DIANA or a feminine form of DEAN.


 * Given Name EILEEN
 * GENDER: Feminine
 * USAGE: Irish, English
 * PRONOUNCED: ie-LEEN, IE-leen
 * Anglicized form of EIBHLÍN. It is also sometimes considered an Irish form of HELEN. It first became popular in the English-speaking world outside of Ireland near the end of the 19th century. English form of the Greek Helene, probably from Greek for "torch" or "corposant", or possibly related to selene: "moon".

Pronunciation of Marleen [mar-leen] as a name for girls is of Hebrew derivation, and the meaning of the name Marleen is "woman from Magdala; star of the sea; from Magdala". Marleen is a variant form of Madeline (Hebrew): version of Madeleine. Marleen is also a variation of Marlene (German, Latin, Greek). Ultimatly Maria is the Latin for Mary (Miriam in Hebrew or Maryam in Aramaic).
 * Given Name MARLENE
 * GENDER: Feminine
 * USAGE: German, English
 * PRONOUNCED: mahr-LE-na (German), MAHR-leen (English)  [key]
 * Blend of MARIA and MAGDALENE. It refers, therefore, to Mary Magdalene, a character in the New Testament.


 * 1) http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Marleen#mAXEGq4IWciQuhyV.99
 * 2) http://www.ourbabynamer.com/meaning-of-Marleen.html
 * 3) http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/girl/marlene
 * 4) http://www.sheknows.com/baby-names/name/marlene
 * 5) http://www.behindthename.com/name/marlene
 * 6) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlene_(given_name)
 * 7) http://www.behindthename.com/name/deena
 * 8) http://www.behindthename.com/name/helen
 * 9) http://www.behindthename.com/name/eileen
 * 10) http://www.behindthename.com/name/deanna