Lena (name)

Lena

Pronunciation	/ˈleɪnə, ˈlɛnə, ˈliːnə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Arabic German Hebrew Hindi Persian Russian
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

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 Arabic and Finnish.

In Arabic languages, it means "generous and kind".

In Latin, it means "she that allures".

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.

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 Einhorn (born 1954), Swedish director, writer and physician
• 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 Raine (born 1984), American video game composer and producer
• 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
• 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).
• Lena Grove, character in the William Faulkner novel “Light In August”.

People with the surname

• Jeffrey Lena (born 1958), American lawyer
• Jennie Lena, Dutch singer-songwriter
• Nijaz Lena (born 1986), Macedonian footballer