Meaning and history
Arline is an English feminine name of uncertain origin, possibly a variant of Arlene or a nineteenth-century literary creation. It became familiar through the heroine Arline in Michael William Balfe’s opera The Bohemian Girl. American actress Arline Judge and painter Arline Fisch are notable bearers.
Arline moved from #889 to #904 for girls between 1949 and 1953. Its highest annual birth count came in 1924, with 677 births.