Baby name

FADING UNISEX · BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE-LATIN
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Marcilene

/mar · see · LEH · nee/


“Unknown”

Brazilian compound elaboration of Marcia with the -lene suffix; a name almost exclusively found in Brazil's mid-century naming tradition.

marci · lene

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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.