Lena Forename
2,568th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 401,906 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden
Lena Forename Definition:
LINA. A reduction of Eleanor a and Leonora, and a shortening of Helena.
Lena Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 100% | 80,119 | 1:123 | 18 |
| United States | 100% | 75,234 | 1:4,819 | 696 |
| Indonesia | 97% | 37,898 | 1:6,807 | 895 |
| South Africa | 100% | 22,269 | 1:2,449 | 420 |
| Germany | 100% | 21,801 | 1:4,435 | 472 |
| Poland | 100% | 11,828 | 1:3,215 | 251 |
| Mozambique | - | 8,160 | 1:3,339 | 695 |
| Canada | 100% | 7,619 | 1:4,349 | 704 |
| Denmark | - | 7,618 | 1:742 | 165 |
| Angola | 100% | 7,558 | 1:3,568 | 607 |
| Norway | 100% | 7,138 | 1:719 | 184 |
| Egypt | 100% | 6,853 | 1:13,410 | 1,183 |
| England | 100% | 6,530 | 1:8,515 | 726 |
| Armenia | 100% | 6,313 | 1:462 | 98 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5,401 | 1:692 | 157 |
| Portugal | - | 5,341 | 1:1,949 | 228 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,703 | 1:9,846 | 1,265 |
| Belgium | 100% | 3,297 | 1:3,485 | 623 |
| Brazil | 100% | 3,293 | 1:65,058 | 4,219 |
| Ghana | 100% | 3,259 | 1:8,281 | 858 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,103 | 1:929 | 241 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,975 | 1:12,708 | 1,431 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,856 | 1:10,789 | 1,540 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 2,761 | 1:19,119 | 1,972 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2,534 | 1:5,754 | 528 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 2,464 | 1:3,309 | 365 |
| France | 100% | 2,284 | 1:29,103 | 1,137 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 2,224 | 1:7,600 | 1,034 |
| Thailand | 100% | 2,151 | 1:32,574 | 3,957 |
| Israel | 100% | 1,855 | 1:4,530 | 783 |
| Italy | 100% | 1,739 | 1:35,113 | 1,146 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1,655 | 1:1,263 | 264 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,564 | 1:19,469 | 1,980 |
| Finland | 100% | 1,419 | 1:3,864 | 517 |
| Australia | - | 1,350 | 1:10,117 | 962 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,335 | 1:34,854 | 1,659 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,324 | 1:11,649 | 1,504 |
| Greece | 100% | 1,301 | 1:8,405 | 535 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,300 | 1:6,549 | 518 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 1,291 | 1:35,244 | 475 |
| India | 95% | 1,256 | 1:967,260 | 63,957 |
| Philippines | 99% | 1,231 | 1:86,117 | 5,105 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,208 | 1:3,844 | 432 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,118 | 1:9,595 | 1,054 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 1,023 | 1:9,426 | 1,240 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 964 | 1:8,520 | 932 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 959 | 1:7,289 | 834 |
| China | - | 950 | 1:1,437,953 | 39,074 |
| Zambia | - | 882 | 1:17,976 | 1,617 |
| Serbia | 100% | 803 | 1:8,899 | 805 |
| Iran | 100% | 757 | 1:103,695 | 2,604 |
| Scotland | 100% | 753 | 1:7,105 | 584 |
| Latvia | 100% | 742 | 1:2,717 | 362 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| Namibia | - | 702 | 1:3,425 | 567 |
| DR Congo | 81% | 644 | 1:114,639 | 5,909 |
| Malawi | 100% | 592 | 1:28,906 | 2,310 |
| Congo | 90% | 568 | 1:8,819 | 1,165 |
| New Zealand | - | 546 | 1:8,308 | 948 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 478 | 1:5,144 | 634 |
| Peru | 100% | 467 | 1:68,076 | 2,933 |
| Albania | 99% | 462 | 1:6,594 | 1,192 |
| Czechia | 100% | 451 | 1:23,628 | 619 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 451 | 1:3,019 | 580 |
| Morocco | - | 437 | 1:78,601 | 2,819 |
| Lithuania | 98% | 427 | 1:6,913 | 538 |
| Singapore | 100% | 423 | 1:14,863 | 3,120 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 99% | 403 | 1:14,822 | 2,002 |
| Wales | 100% | 381 | 1:8,122 | 738 |
| Gabon | 100% | 361 | 1:5,217 | 1,029 |
| Romania | 100% | 335 | 1:59,857 | 3,156 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 328 | 1:742 | 178 |
| Croatia | 100% | 322 | 1:13,097 | 884 |
| Colombia | 100% | 316 | 1:151,199 | 4,072 |
| Estonia | 100% | 311 | 1:4,230 | 675 |
| Cameroon | 72% | 290 | 1:74,519 | 4,288 |
| Nigeria | 92% | 275 | 1:645,689 | 18,629 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 268 | 1:112,694 | 4,932 |
| Mexico | 99% | 243 | 1:510,882 | 5,685 |
| Chile | 81% | 222 | 1:79,312 | 2,247 |
| Cuba | - | 218 | 1:52,782 | 1,589 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 214 | 1:4,070 | 527 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 211 | 1:25,166 | 578 |
| Qatar | 100% | 207 | 1:11,447 | 1,810 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Argentina | 94% | 193 | 1:221,623 | 2,577 |
| Guyana | 100% | 193 | 1:3,955 | 756 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 192 | 1:37,692 | 1,667 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 179 | 1:26,637 | 1,591 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 166 | 1:43,084 | 3,961 |
| Uganda | 90% | 160 | 1:255,981 | 7,946 |
| Iceland | 98% | 156 | 1:2,346 | 382 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 154 | 1:67,736 | 4,074 |
| Taiwan | 60% | 154 | 1:154,349 | 15,401 |
| Japan | - | 153 | 1:836,510 | 13,976 |
| Ecuador | - | 145 | 1:122,255 | 2,697 |
| Panama | 100% | 135 | 1:28,937 | 2,451 |
| Kuwait | - | 123 | 1:30,775 | 2,974 |
| Turkey | 100% | 123 | 1:632,534 | 7,885 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 119 | 1:5,333 | 770 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 113 | 1:474 | 131 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 102 | 1:18,070 | 948 |
| Hong Kong | - | 102 | 1:76,007 | 2,682 |
| French Polynesia | - | 92 | 1:3,021 | 604 |
| Micronesia | - | 89 | 1:1,197 | 176 |
| South Korea | - | 89 | 1:62,297 | 3,843 |
| Russia | - | 87 | 1:1,657,859 | 11,928 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 85 | 1:208,786 | 4,571 |
| Afghanistan | 98% | 84 | 1:388,375 | 7,318 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Honduras | 100% | 74 | 1:119,155 | 3,544 |
| Iraq | 100% | 72 | 1:486,359 | 5,493 |
| Cambodia | 79% | 69 | 1:235,845 | 7,052 |
| Liberia | 100% | 67 | 1:65,852 | 3,218 |
| Botswana | 100% | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Burkina Faso | 80% | 60 | 1:306,324 | 12,066 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 56 | 1:412,070 | 16,414 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 54 | 1:3,293 | 593 |
| Belize | 100% | 50 | 1:7,086 | 1,238 |
| Suriname | - | 49 | 1:11,282 | 2,027 |
| Guatemala | - | 48 | 1:335,592 | 3,758 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 48 | 1:73,965 | 1,666 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 46 | 1:1,068 | 243 |
| Barbados | - | 44 | 1:6,586 | 871 |
| Hungary | 100% | 44 | 1:222,540 | 1,131 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 44 | 1:77,901 | 2,304 |
| Vietnam | - | 43 | 1:2,154,026 | 3,185 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 38 | 1:2,616 | 555 |
| Greenland | - | 38 | 1:1,483 | 298 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 38 | 1:14,843 | 1,047 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 37 | 1:162,658 | 4,549 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 32 | 1:110,139 | 3,000 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 32 | 1:2,896 | 621 |
| Kosovo | - | 30 | 1:62,048 | 4,246 |
| Syria | - | 30 | 1:643,536 | 2,939 |
| Moldova | 100% | 29 | 1:122,798 | 1,383 |
| Nepal | 79% | 26 | 1:1,095,667 | 22,700 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 26 | 1:10,391 | 1,033 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 26 | 1:4,221 | 726 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 25 | 1:7,774,307 | 62,662 |
| Grenada | 100% | 24 | 1:4,505 | 764 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Jordan | - | 24 | 1:367,782 | 3,366 |
| Marshall Islands | 94% | 21 | 1:2,440 | 366 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:3,065 | 627 |
| Dominica | - | 19 | 1:3,972 | 326 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 18 | 1:588,967 | 2,948 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 18 | 1:312,643 | 5,170 |
| Mongolia | - | 18 | 1:163,045 | 8,219 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Ethiopia | - | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Jersey | - | 15 | 1:6,665 | 705 |
| Cape Verde | - | 13 | 1:40,704 | 2,103 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 12 | 1:1,105 | 185 |
| Bahamas | - | 12 | 1:33,281 | 1,196 |
| Bermuda | - | 11 | 1:5,893 | 898 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Oman | - | 10 | 1:410,867 | 4,770 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 10 | 1:58,096 | 3,433 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| El Salvador | - | 9 | 1:704,643 | 5,397 |
| Laos | - | 9 | 1:731,873 | 503 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 7 | 1:585,034 | 11,039 |
| Tunisia | - | 7 | 1:96,700 | 5,802 |
| American Samoa | - | 6 | 1:9,308 | 1,982 |
| Benin | - | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Lesotho | 75% | 5 | 1:407,999 | 22,262 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 5 | 1:10,972 | 1,354 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Macau | - | 4 | 1:152,052 | 991 |
| Brunei | - | 3 | 1:139,857 | 2,352 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 3 | 1:1,047 | 226 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guernsey | - | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Léna (843), Lèna (6), Lená (1) & Lênä (1) are calculated separately.
Lena (26,083) may also be a surname.
Lena Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
LINA. A reduction of Eleanor a and Leonora, and a shortening of Helena.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Latin (feminine) - Quiet, gentle.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Lena Forename Popularity
Lena Demographics
Lena Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 16,775 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
Phonetically Similar Names
Lena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Lena in the Russian language | ||
| Лесина | lesina | - |
| Лена | lena | - |
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