Baby name
Marcilene
/mar · see · LEH · nee/
Meaning
“Brazilian elaboration of Marcia”
Brazilian compound elaboration of Marcia with the -lene suffix; a name almost exclusively found in Brazil's mid-century naming tradition.
How it ages.
Distinctly mid-century Brazilian; charming in context but dated to most younger Brazilians.
The cultural moment.
Peaked in Brazil in the 1960s and 70s; rare in current registrations.