Lena (name)
Lena is a female given name. The name has evolved in different languages as a variation of several earlier names. In some derivations, Lena comes from the endings of Alina and Helena. Leana is seen in Persian, Hindi and Swedish, and Leena in Finnish.
| Pronunciation | /ˈleɪnə, ˈlɛnə, ˈliːnə/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Hebrew[1] Russian Iranian German Greek Hindi Arabic |
| Meaning | light / moonlight / sunlight / palm tree / generous / kind / holder of the torch |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Leena, Lenna, Leana, Lina, Lene, Lenka |
| Nickname(s) | Nana, Len, Lin, Lean |
| Derived | Helena, Magdalena, -line |
In Arabic languages, it means "generous and kind".
In Latin, it mean "she that allures".
In Greek, it means "sunlight" and "moonlight".[2]
In Persian, it means "light", "sunlight" or "pretty girl".
In Hebrew, it means a lady from the city of Magdala.
Lena was the most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2013.[3]
People with the given name
- Lena (actress), Malayalam film actress
- Lena Ackebo (born 1950), Swedish comic creator
- Lena Åkesson (born 1967), Swedish boxer
- Lena Anderssen, Faroese-Canadian singer-songwriter
- Lena Ashwell (1872–1957), British actress
- Lena Asplund (born 1956), Swedish politician
- Lena Baker (1900–1945, American convicted of murder
- Lena Bergman (born 1943), Swedish social services employee
- Lena Bergström (born 1961), Swedish textiles and glass designer
- Lena Berntsson (born 1978), Swedish athlete
- Lena Burke (born 1978), Cuban singer and actress
- Lena Chamamyan (born 1980), Syrian singer of Armenian origin.
- Lena d'Água, Portuguese singer
- Lena Doolin Mason (1864–1924), American Methodist preacher and poet
- Lena Dunham (born 1986), American filmmaker and actress
- Lena Erdil (born 1989), Turkish windsurfer
- Lena Eriksson (born 1972), Swedish breaststroke swimmer
- Lena Fiagbe, British soul singer-songwriter
- Lena Frier Kristiansen (born 1983), Danish badminton player
- Lena Gercke (born 1988), German model
- Lena Hallin (born 1961), Swedish Air Force major general
- Lena Häcki (born 1995), Swiss biathlete
- Lena Hades (born 1959), Russian painter
- Lena Tracy Hanks (1879-1944), US phycologist
- Lena Headey (born 1973), British actress
- Lena Horne (1917–2010), American singer and actress
- Lena Jeger, Baroness Jeger (1915–2007), British politician
- Lena Jensen (born 1993), Norwegian politician
- Lena Jensen Rogn (born 1980, retired Norwegian cross-country skier.
- Lena Katina (born 1984), Russian singer
- Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (born 1955), Swedish politician
- Lena Lotzen (born 1993), German footballer
- Lena Machado (1903–1974) Native Hawaiian singer, composer, and ukulele player
- Lena Martell (born 1940), Scottish singer
- Lena McEwan (1927–2011), Australian plastic surgeon
- Lena McLin (born 1928), American composer
- Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 1991), German singer, 2010 Eurovision Song Contest Winner
- Lena Nazaryan (born 1983), Armenian journalist and politician
- Lena Olin (born 1955), Swedish actress
- Lena Ovchynnikova (born 1987), Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist
- Lena Park (born 1976), Korean singer, also known as Park Jung Hyun (박정현)
- Lena Philipsson (born 1966), Swedish singer, also known as "Lena Ph"
- Lena Platonos (born 1951), Greek musician, pianist and composer
- Lena Söderberg (born 1951), Swedish Playboy Playmate
- Lena Valaitis (born 1943), Lithuanian-German singer
- Lena Yada (born 1978), Japanese-American model
- Lena Zavaroni (1963–1999), Scottish singer
- Lena Kang (born 2002), South Korean singer, member of girl group GWSN
- Lena Waithe (born 1984) American screenwriter, producer, and actress
- Leena Alam Afghan film, TV and theater actress
Fictional characters
- Lena, a fictional character played by Marion Cotillard in the 2006 film Toi et Moi
- Lena, character from Everlasting Summer
- The female protagonist in an Ole and Lena joke
- Lenna Charlotte Tycoon, one of the main characters of Final Fantasy V
- Lena Adams, character in the Grant County, Georgia series of books
- Lena Kaligaris, character in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series of books
- Lena Luthor, Lex Luthor's sister in DC Comics
- Lena Duchannes, character in the Beautiful Creatures series of books
- Lena Haloway, character in the Delirium series of books by Lauren Oliver
- Lena "Tracer" Oxton, character in the video games Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
- Lena Seguret, character in The Returned television show
- Lena Younger, character in the A Raisin In The Sun play
- Lena, character in the book series Fablehaven
- Lena De Spell, character in the DuckTales television show.
- Lena, character played by Natalie Portman in the 2018 film Annihilation (film).
People with the surname
- Jeffrey Lena (born 1958), American lawyer
- Jennie Lena, Dutch singer-songwriter
- Nijaz Lena (born 1986), Macedonian footballer
Notes
- "Lena - Meaning of name Lena at BabyNames.com". www.babynames.com.
- "lena - Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org.
- Diminutive-Names.com Archived 2014-01-19 at Archive.today
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