Earlene

Gorgeous saucy name.

This is my middle name. Mine has a variant spelling that is not listed though. As a child I hated it, thought it was an "old lady's name", now I love it! It is not heard often and makes me feel a little bit more unique, especially the way it is spelled (Eyrlene).

Good Southern name. It's very feminine and pretty- I love the -ene ending on most names. It would be nice if this one made a comeback.

This one sounds like a particularly ugly variant of all the possible old-fashioned redneck America names out there. Ugly and ditzy. Not good.

I prefer this spelling of all the feminizations of Earl.