Meaning of the nameKarlene

Karlene is a spelling of the name Carlene, which means “female form created from Carl (Karl), 'free man'”.

Meaning

“female form created from Carl (Karl), 'free man'”

Meaning of the name Carlene, of which Karlene is a spelling.

Source: Wiktionary: Carlene · Wiktionary: Karl

People (2022): 1,034
Rank in Brazil: #8,098
Median age: 34 years
2010 Census: 982; people

Karlene in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Karlene, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1980s (446 people).

1,030 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Karlene is most common

States with the highest share of people named Karlene in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Maranhão 0.003%
Pará 0.002%

All states

State	People	% of population
Maranhão	209	0.003%
Pará	137	0.002%
Piauí	81	0.003%
Goiás	78	0.001%
Ceará	67	0.001%
São Paulo	64	0.000%
Minas Gerais	48	0.000%
Tocantins	43	0.003%
Amazonas	38	0.001%
Bahia	31	0.000%
Distrito Federal	31	0.001%
Pernambuco	30	0.000%
Amapá	27	0.004%
Santa Catarina	22	0.000%
Paraíba	21	0.001%
Mato Grosso	19	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	19	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	17	0.000%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

The spelling Karlene

With an initial K, as in German Karl; Behind the Name lists it as a variant of Carlene.

About the name Carlene

Wiktionary describes Carlene as a twentieth-century creation from Carl plus an ending taken from names such as Marlene and Charlene; Behind the Name treats it as a female diminutive of Carl. Carl is a variant of Karl, which Wiktionary derives from Germanic *karlaz, 'free man'; that is the meaning of the base name. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil describes, in its Morfemário, -ene as probably coming from French -enne or as a fragment of names such as Irene and Marlene. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 4,020 people named Carlene, with a median age of 36; the largest group was born in the 1980s. Proportionally, it is most common in Maranhão.

Other spellings of Carlene

Spelling	People (2022)
Carlene	4,020
Karlene	1,034

Sources

Wiktionary: Carlene · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Carlene · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Karl · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Wiktionary: Carl · en.wiktionary.org · origin
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Morfemário · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · origin

Questions about the name Karlene

What does the name Karlene mean?

Karlene means “female form created from Carl (Karl), 'free man'”, according to Wiktionary. This is the meaning of the name Carlene, of which Karlene is a spelling.

How many people are named Karlene in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 1,034 people with the first name Karlene, which ranks it number 8,098 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1980s.

Is Karlene a boy's or a girl's name?

Karlene is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 1,030 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Karlene?

Karlene is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Karlene most common?

Proportionally, in Maranhão: 0.003% of the state's population is named Karlene (209 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Karlene?

Carlene. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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