Name: Lena
Gender: Female
Usage: Lena, of breton origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Lena are in general originating from Armenia, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Lena across the world, see Elena, Léna.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Lena is: The bright one, Illustrious.
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Numerology of the first name Lena: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 5. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: adventurous, energetic, curious, visionary, magnetic, expansive.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Extroverted, Adventurous
Ruling planet: Mercury
Colors: White, Gray
Gemstones: Diamond
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The name Lena is ranked on the 912th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 595800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.009% of the population. The name Lena has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Lena for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Lena is 12 November.
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History and Origin
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. Lena is seen in Hindi, Russian 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; this surname is derived from the mother's first name, Maddalena, if the father is unknown. Lena is a short form of Elena in Romanian and Russian. In Hebrew it means "Woman of Magdala", in Hindi it means "Sunlight", in Arabic it means "tender" or "devoted", and in Greek it means "sunlight" or "moonlight".
English, Scottish, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian: abstracted from various names ending in -lena or -lina, such as Helena (from Helen) and Magdalena (from Magdalene), or, in the Scottish Highlands, Dolina (from Donald). In America it is famous as the name of the singer Lena Horne.
Variant: German and Danish: Lene.
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