Lena (name)
| Lena | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation |
Len nuh Lee nuh |
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name |
Hebrew[1] Russian Greek Hindi |
| Meaning | sunlight / palm tree |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Leana, Lina, Lene, Lenka |
| Nickname(s) | Nana, Len, Lin, Lean |
| Derived | Helena, Magdalena, -line |
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. Lena is also a diminutive or short form for names that end with -line, such as Caroline, Adeline, and Madeline. Leana is seen in Hindi and Swedish. The Scandinavian version for the name Helen is Lena; here, it means "torch", metaphorically representing something that shows light and leads the path.
Lena is also used in Italian surnames such as Della Lena. Lena is a short form of Elena in Romanian and Russian. In Hebrew, it means "Woman of Magdala", "Leana" in Hindi means "Sunlight", in Arabic it means "tender" or "devoted", and in Greek it means "sunlight" or "moonlight".
Lena was the 1st most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2013.[2]
Name day
- Czech: 21 February
- Serbia (Vojvodina Slovaks): 21 February
- Greek: 21 May
- Hindi: 7 July
- Slovak: 4 June
- Hungarian: 21 July
- Swedish: 18 August
- Polish: 10 November
- Russian: 3 June (21 May O.S.)
Notable people named Lena
- 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), African American maid wrongfully convicted of murder
- Léna Balsan, French politician
- 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 Doolin Mason (1864–1924), American Methodist preacher and poet
- Lena Dunham (born 1986), American filmmaker and actress
- 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 Häcki (born 1995), Swiss biathlete
- Lena Hades (born 1959), Russian painter
- Lena Headey (born 1973), British actress
- Lena Horne (1917–2010), American singer and actress
- Lena Katina (born 1984), Russian singer
- Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (born 1955), Swedish politician
- Lena Lotzen (born 1993), German footballer
- Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 1991), German singer
- 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 Söderberg (born 1951), Swedish Playboy Playmate
- Lena Yada (born 1978), Japanese-American model
- Lena Zavaroni (1963–1999), Scottish singer
Fictional characters named Lena
- Lena, a fictional character played by Marion Cotillard in the 2006 film Toi et Moi
- 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, character from Everlasting Summer
- Lena Duchannes, character in the Beautiful Creatures series of books
- Lena Haloway, character in the Delirium series of books by Lauren Oliver
- Lena Seguret, character in The Returned television show
- Lena Younger, character in the A Raisin In The Sun play
- The female protagonist in an Ole and Lena joke
- Lena "Tracer" Oxton, character in the videogame Overwatch