Honoring a Darlene

Girl Names
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[name_f]Darlene[/name_f] is the only feminine name in my family that I haven’t really found a perfect honor for. I don’t mind the name itself especially as it reminds me of the person I’m close to, but I’m a little more modern in my name style and would like to find something I can add to my list to honor her.

The problem is I don’t really like names that start with Dar- or any that end in -arlene. I suppose getting -dar- in the middle or simply ending in -lene could work but no names I’ve seen yet have struck me as right up my alley. I do have Shaylene on my middle name list as a direct honor to someone else, but would like to find [name_f]Darlene[/name_f] her own honor name, if that makes sense?

If you had to honor a [name_f]Darlene[/name_f] without using a name that starts with Dar- or ends in -arlene, which direction would you go?

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Maybe Marceline? It ends with the lene sound and has the ar sound

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Personally I’d probably use [name_u]Arlie[/name_u] or [name_f]Arla[/name_f]!

[name_f]Dahlia[/name_f], [name_m]Daley[/name_m], [name_f]Deena[/name_f], or [name_f]Deenie[/name_f] also share similar sounds.

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Maybe [name_f]Cherie[/name_f] or [name_f]Cariad[/name_f] based on the the meaning (or I’d use [name_f]Darling[/name_f] as a quirky middle but that’s another dar- name!)

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I asked her about the origin of her name (because, y’know… name nerd) and she said when she was born her father thought she looked so DARLING so he named her [name_f]Darlene[/name_f]. I don’t know if [name_f]Darling[/name_f] is up my alley, but I like the idea of [name_f]Cherie[/name_f] to tie into that!

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[name_f]Darla[/name_f] and [name_u]Darby[/name_u] came to mind! I think [name_f]Lena[/name_f] (Lee-na) would work to!

Does [name_f]Darlene[/name_f] have a middle or last name that you could use? We used [name_u]Davis[/name_u] to honor my MIL (her maiden name) and my dad whose middle name is [name_u]David[/name_u]. [name_f]My[/name_f] BIL is also named [name_m]Gregory[/name_m] which was his grandmother’s maiden name. [name_m]Just[/name_m] a thought!

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Omg this just reminded me that I said I don’t like Dar- names but I literally have [name_u]Darcy[/name_u] on my list :man_facepalming: Which totally actually works. [name_u]Darby[/name_u] is really fun too though!

Her middle name is basic, just [name_f]Ann[/name_f]. There is something to potentially be explored with her maiden name too (won’t put here for privacy reasons), but probably more so for boys. That’s a good idea, I forgot about last names!

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[name_f]Adalee[/name_f] (using the letter)
[name_f]Deenie[/name_f]
[name_f]Leandra[/name_f] (using the letters)
[name_u]Dana[/name_u]
[name_f]Marlene[/name_f]
[name_f]Adara[/name_f]
[name_u]Darby[/name_u]

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[name_f]Darina[/name_f]

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I originally misread you post as [name_f]Daphne[/name_f] so maybe that would kind of work? It shares a few sounds.

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[name_f]Darling[/name_f] as a middle name would be… darling lol!

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[name_f]Darling[/name_f] is one of my favorite middle names! Would love to have a [name_f]Darlene[/name_f] to honor and get to use that one :smile:

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I would say [name_f]Lina[/name_f] or [name_f]Jolene[/name_f]!

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I would try to rearrange the letters

[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_u]Dale[/name_u]
Nell(y) Nell(ie)
[name_f]Elena[/name_f]
[name_f]Ella[/name_f]
[name_f]Andee[/name_f]
[name_u]Andrea[/name_u]
[name_f]Leanne[/name_f]
[name_f]Leandra[/name_f]

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How about Dela or [name_u]Arlen[/name_u] ?

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[name_f]Helene[/name_f]
[name_f]Lena[/name_f]
[name_u]Darcy[/name_u]

= all great options! I especially love [name_f]Lena[/name_f] :heartpulse: it’s the perfect nod to [name_f]Darlene[/name_f] with its own modern spin. Good luck!

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