THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Lena
Lena is explicitly recorded as a given name in Wikidata for Philippine citizens including Lena Cobangbang, Lena McKenzie. This snapshot links the name to 2 distinct Wikidata person records. The count describes Wikidata coverage, not the Philippine population or annual births.
The etymology is not settled. The explanation above keeps the source’s uncertainty rather than assigning a definite meaning.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
EnglishEtymology & source
The female name is from the Scandinavian, German and Russian pet form of Helena, Magdalena and Yelena (also spelled Elena). The river in Yakutia is from Russian Лена (Lena), from Evenki Елюенэ (Jeljujenə, “the Large River”). Compare to Yakut Өлүөнэ (Ölüöne). (Norwegian river): Probably related to Old Norse leir (“clay”) (see the references). (Town in Toten): From Old Norse lein.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
EnglishEtymology & source
A Latinate form of Helen, borrowed from Latin Helena.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Magdalena. Doublet of Magdalene and Madeline.
A female given name, variant of Magdalene.
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Elena, cognate to English Helen.
A female given name from Italian, Spanish, or Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Lena
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Lena Cobangbang
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Lena McKenzie
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Wikidata
2
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Lena Cobangbang, Lena McKenzie
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Lena in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Lena
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Elena♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lea·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Leni·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Leny·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Leona♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nena♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Buena·Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Geena♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
What rhymes with Lena?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Lena further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q654581 — Lena (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Lena Cobangbang (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q654581 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Lena McKenzie (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q654581 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lena (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lena (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lena (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Lena (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.