Lena

See also: lena, leña, lēnā, lēna, and Léňa

English

Proper noun

Lena

  1. A female given name, from the Scandinavian, German and Russian pet form of Helena, Magdalena and Yelena (also spelled Elena).
  2. Lena River, flowing 2,734 miles from the Baikal Mountains of Siberia to the Arctic Ocean.

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Danish

Proper noun

Lena

  1. A female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena.

Faroese

Proper noun

Lena f

  1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

  • son of Lena: Lenuson
  • daughter of Lena: Lenudóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Lena
Accusative Lenu
Dative Lenu
Genitive Lenu

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Lena

  1. A female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena.

Latin

Etymology

Proper noun

Lēna m (genitive Lēnae); first declension

  1. A male given name, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lena

  1. A female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.na/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Lena f

  1. A female given name, Lena.
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Milena
  3. A diminutive of the female given name Helena
  4. Lena, a river in Russia.

Declension


Portuguese

Proper noun

Lena m

  1. Lena (a river in Siberia)

Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Magdalena and Helena. First recorded in Sweden in 1481.

Proper noun

Lena c (genitive Lenas)

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 82 984 females with the given name Lena living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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