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Darlene

American  
[dahr-leen] / dɑrˈlin /
Or Darleen

noun

  1. a female given name: from the Old English word meaning “darling.”


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“There is real reform going on in Japan,” said Darlene Pasquill, head of the equity division at Mizuho Americas.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

This Christmas, Darlene Fiske is giving her 22-year-old son a pair of cowboy boots, athletic socks—and a gut microbiome test kit that requires a DIY poop sample.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

It was near The Oz in January 1984 that Darlene Sindle, then 16, first spotted Michael Cox, a skinny 27-year-old with intense green eyes and short dark hair.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

"I was not invited to my daughter's wedding," Darlene told Salon.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

“I waitin till I can ring up the precinct about you. Darlene don wanna be a B-drinker. She force to be a B-drinker. She say she wanna go in showbiz.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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