Marlen
Marlen is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Marlen are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
Marlen · Marlén
- Verdict
- Mostly female
- Male / female split
- 21% male / 79% female
- Confidence
- High (64 or more weighted country observations)
- Most common in
- United States, Armenia, Switzerland
- Also spelled
- Marlén
- US births since 1880
- 897 male / 5,114 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Updated
- 2026-09-11
How to address Marlen
To address Marlen when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Marlen," in English, "Guten Tag Marlen," in German. About 21% of people named Marlen are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Marlen,
German
Guten Tag Marlen,
French
Bonjour Marlen,
Spanish
Estimado/a Marlen:
Chinese
Marlen您好：
Japanese
Marlen様
English
Hi Marlen,
German
Hi Marlen,
French
Salut Marlen,
Spanish
Hola Marlen,
Chinese
Marlen你好：
Japanese
Marlenさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually | Male share |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | common | woman's name | 15% |
| Armenia | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Switzerland | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan | rare | man's name | 98% |
| Germany | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Austria | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Estonia | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| East Frisia | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Netherlands | rare | woman's name | 2% |
| Norway | rare | woman's name | 2% |
United States birth data
897 male · 5,114 female · 6,011 births recorded
Since 1980: 6% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Marlen a male or female name?
Marlen is a unisex given name: about 21% of people named Marlen are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.
How do I address Marlen in an email?
To address Marlen when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Marlen," in English, "Guten Tag Marlen," in German. About 21% of people named Marlen are men and 79% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.
Is Marlen a unisex name?
Marlen is not a unisex name: 21% of people named Marlen are men. Marlen leans strongly female overall.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.
DearWho, "Is Marlen a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/marlen (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_marlen,
title = {Is Marlen a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/marlen},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}