Lene etc?

[namestasher]

Hi!
New DD due rather soon!
We're in love with the name Lene/Lena/Lina (we've Scandinavian roots) but would love a name which encorporates it, rather than having it just on it's own, as feels a little simple.
Lene would be her nickname. But what could be her full name?
Lene is often short for Helene and Magdalene in Nordic countries.

Also open to Lena and Lina :-)
What other names could have any of these as part of it?

(It seems there may be a few names which you can just add Lene to the end of and they sound nice!)
Any suggestions/opinions much appreciated! Thanks!

How funny. Today I heard Lene Marlin's 90s hit 'Sitting Down Here' for the first time in yonks and was marvelling that I still knew all the lyrics.

I feel like Lene could be short for such a lot of names:

Madalina
Madeleine
Selene
Alene
Elena
Carolina

I prefer Lene by itself to any of those I've listed though.

I like
Arlene
Arlena
Charlene
Darlene

A few suggestions to cover the different spellings and pronunciations of Lena/Lene/Lina as a nickname.

Angelina
Caroline
Charlene
Evangeline
Lavinia
Leona
Leonora
Linnea (my favourite!)
Luciana
Melina
Selena

Is the pronunciation like Layn-a or Lean-a (if that makes any sense!)? Depending on the pronunciation, some of these might not work.

Angelina
Aveline
Carolina
Celina
Celine
Elena
Ellen
Emmeline
Gwendolen
Helena
Ilena
Lenora
Melina
Milena
Paulina
Selena
Selene
Valencia
Valentina

Thanks so much for these!
So, pronounciation would be Lay-nuh.
(Like Lene Marlin! ❤️)
But some names with the ee-na would still possibly work with ay-nuh instead :-)

Thank you for these!
What an excellent song it is!

Alayna
Helena
Milena
Leonie
Elaina
Elena

Thanks!
Elena is lovely, but names beginning with E and l seem extremely popular right now! We already have an Ellie in the family 😅

I think Lene on its own is lovely and very elegant.

Elena is beautiful.

Marlene? (as Lene Lovich was)

Ah that's nice to hear! I'm tempted. I just feel like its just SO simple, and sounds too much like a nickname?

Mar-lay-nuh is lovely.
But most people would say Mar-leen I fear.
Less nice!

I knew a lovely German woman who spelt it Marlena

Mar-leen is horrendous I agree and when the name was popular in the UK (mid 20th century I think) this was usually how it was pronounced.

But it was never THAT popular here, so couldn't it be safely reintroduced as a European name with the correct Mar-layna pronunciation? Has enough time elapsed for Mar-leen to be forgotten?

Mar-leen I think was purely a British thing. Remember the (90s?) song, 'Marlene on the Wall', referencing Marlene Dietrich? It was after her, I assume, that British Marlenes were named. Just we couldn't manage to say it right!

I know an Annalena.
Also, I would go for an a ending in the UK or she will have a lifetime of correcting Lene/leen!

Elenor/Eleanor
Eluned (pronounced El- Lyn-Ned Welsh name)
Leona

I know somebody called Lana, that's their full name, pronounced the way you want (Lay-nuh)
I think that's lovely?

I think Lene will cause a lot of confusion with pronunciation. My mind first goes to say 'Lenny' but then I would probably stop and instead ask how to pronounce it as would be confused!

Lena/Lana is better

Lana is pronounced Lah-na normally.

Can't escape the anal references 😳

Evangeline/ Evangelina

I love Lena on its own, but would spell it with an a at the end, or people will say Leen / Lenny.

How about Milena (said Mi- LAYNA - emphasis on Layna)?

Ok ok, what do we think about having the Lene part first?
Lenemarie, for example?
Any opinions on that?
What nationality/group of do you assume when you hear Lenemarie?

Or any other suggestions in keeping with the Lene theme?
Thanks!