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).
This is my middle name and was meant, like its meaning here, to represent the feminine form of Earl (my grandfather's name). However, I have since found out that it is a variant of the Irish "Earlean", meaning dedicated.