Lena (name)

Lena

Pronunciation	Lay nuh Len nuh Lee nuh
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Hebrew Russian Greek Hindi Arabic
Meaning	sunlight / palm tree / generous / kind / holder of the torch
Other names
Variant form(s)	Leena, 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 Hindi and Swedish, and Leena in Finnish. In Latin it means "brothel-keeper" or "procuress". In Arabic languages, it means "generous and kind". In Greek, it means "sunlight".

Lena was the most popular name for girls born in Poland in 2013.

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

• Lena Myers (Queen), Queen of the world
• 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
• 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 Platonos (born 1951), Greek musician, pianist and composer
• Lena Söderberg (born 1951), Swedish Playboy Playmate
• Lena Yada (born 1978), Japanese-American model
• Lena Zavaroni (1963–1999), Scottish singer

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
• 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 game Overwatch
• Lena Seguret, character in The Returned television show
• Lena Younger, character in the A Raisin In The Sun play