Marlena \m(a)-rle-na, mar-lena\ as a girl's name is a variant of Madeline (Hebrew) and Marlene (German), and the meaning of Marlena is "woman from Magdala".

The baby name Marlena sounds like Marlen, Marilena, Marlina, Marleni, Marleina, Marleena, Marlana and Marlenn. Other similar baby names are Carlena, Karlena, Darlena, Earlena, Malena, Marcena, Marena, Mareena and Marlea.