Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 Darleen
/dar · LEEN/
Meaning
“Darling or beloved”
Variant spelling of Darlene, from the Old English deorling meaning darling or beloved. The variant spelling was more common in mid-century America.
Nicknames
dar
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Distinctly mid-century American; feels firmly planted in the 1940s-1960s.
The cultural moment.
Common in the United States from the 1940s through the 1960s, rarely used today.