Marla
[ˈmɑːr.lə]Meaning
American back-formation from Marlene, first used in the 1930s.
Background Story
Marla is an English female given name, a back-formation from Marlene that was first used in the United States in the 1930s. Behind the Name describes it as a variant of Marlene formed with the suffix la.
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