Marlen

Marlen is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly femaleHigh

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Marlen · Marlén

Verdict: Mostly female
Confidence: High (source weight of at least 64; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in: United States, Armenia, Switzerland
Also spelled: Marlén
US records 1880–2017: 897 male / 5,114 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built: 2026-09-11

How to address Marlen

If you do not know Marlen’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Marlen,” in English, “Guten Tag Marlen,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Marlen,

German

Guten Tag Marlen,

French

Bonjour Marlen,

Spanish

Estimado/a Marlen:

Chinese

Marlen您好：

Japanese

Marlen様

English

Hi Marlen,

German

Hi Marlen,

French

Salut Marlen,

Spanish

Hola Marlen,

Chinese

Marlen你好：

Japanese

Marlenさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Marlen by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
Country	How common	Usually
United States	common	woman's name
Armenia	rare	man's name
Switzerland	rare	woman's name
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan	rare	man's name
Germany	rare	woman's name
Austria	rare	woman's name
Estonia	rare	woman's name
East Frisia	rare	woman's name
Netherlands	rare	woman's name
Norway	rare	woman's name

United States birth data

897 male · 5,114 female · 6,011 births recorded

Male ≈ 14.9%Female ≈ 85.1%

Records from 1980–2017: 5.6% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Marlen a male or female name?

Marlen is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Marlen in an email?

Is Marlen a unisex name?

Marlen is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Marlen a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/marlen. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_marlen,
  title  = {Is Marlen a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/marlen},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}