Serena Forename
9,877th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 103,537 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Serena Forename Definition:
A female name. from Latin serenus ‘calm’, 'serene'. This name has been noted once in the 13th C, again in Notts in 1761, and in New England in 1830.
Serena Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 100% | 35,771 | 1:1,707 | 258 |
| United States | 100% | 26,904 | 1:13,475 | 1,298 |
| England | 100% | 6,442 | 1:8,631 | 729 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,619 | 1:12,651 | 1,361 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 2,474 | 1:64,455 | 5,095 |
| Uganda | 99% | 2,198 | 1:18,634 | 1,545 |
| Liberia | 99% | 1,796 | 1:2,457 | 357 |
| China | - | 1,745 | 1:782,840 | 31,119 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,521 | 1:140,852 | 7,022 |
| Australia | - | 1,489 | 1:9,172 | 904 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,454 | 1:85,381 | 2,385 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,356 | 1:12,465 | 1,395 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,084 | 1:50,307 | 5,194 |
| Philippines | 99% | 826 | 1:128,341 | 6,626 |
| Kenya | - | 787 | 1:58,840 | 3,780 |
| Spain | 100% | 781 | 1:59,577 | 2,200 |
| New Zealand | - | 693 | 1:6,546 | 833 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 676 | 1:45,044 | 3,806 |
| Congo | 100% | 643 | 1:7,790 | 1,059 |
| Germany | 100% | 625 | 1:154,685 | 2,712 |
| India | 100% | 609 | 1:1,994,874 | 104,134 |
| Thailand | 95% | 527 | 1:132,952 | 10,162 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 501 | 1:41,515 | 4,680 |
| France | 100% | 500 | 1:132,941 | 2,581 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 475 | 1:11,179 | 442 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 471 | 1:376,994 | 12,968 |
| Indonesia | - | 463 | 1:557,157 | 40,761 |
| Singapore | 100% | 429 | 1:14,655 | 3,115 |
| Albania | 100% | 374 | 1:8,146 | 1,376 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 363 | 1:22,627 | 1,506 |
| Afghanistan | 98% | 359 | 1:90,873 | 3,317 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 353 | 1:15,942 | 1,362 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Ireland | 97% | 325 | 1:14,288 | 853 |
| Ghana | - | 281 | 1:96,036 | 4,158 |
| Scotland | 100% | 239 | 1:22,386 | 1,027 |
| Jordan | 100% | 231 | 1:38,211 | 1,400 |
| Romania | 100% | 205 | 1:97,815 | 4,354 |
| Wales | 100% | 201 | 1:15,395 | 972 |
| Belgium | 100% | 191 | 1:60,157 | 2,681 |
| Israel | 100% | 191 | 1:43,994 | 2,897 |
| Ecuador | - | 189 | 1:93,793 | 2,387 |
| Russia | 88% | 189 | 1:763,141 | 7,212 |
| Hong Kong | - | 186 | 1:41,681 | 2,451 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 161 | 1:64,790 | 3,973 |
| Argentina | 93% | 158 | 1:270,717 | 2,814 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 133 | 1:396,905 | 12,419 |
| Portugal | - | 129 | 1:80,704 | 2,343 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 124 | 1:124,386 | 8,542 |
| Ukraine | 99% | 110 | 1:413,636 | 1,951 |
| Egypt | - | 108 | 1:850,935 | 16,903 |
| Iraq | 100% | 106 | 1:330,357 | 4,506 |
| Guernsey | - | 104 | 1:609 | 147 |
| Peru | 99% | 102 | 1:311,681 | 6,735 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 99 | 1:218,288 | 9,022 |
| Sweden | 100% | 99 | 1:99,575 | 4,285 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 97 | 1:2,003,687 | 27,346 |
| Turkey | 100% | 85 | 1:915,314 | 9,506 |
| Qatar | 100% | 84 | 1:28,210 | 3,941 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 83 | 1:22,207 | 1,010 |
| Greece | 100% | 78 | 1:140,187 | 3,329 |
| South Korea | 100% | 78 | 1:71,082 | 4,134 |
| Jamaica | - | 63 | 1:45,766 | 2,679 |
| Chile | 98% | 59 | 1:298,427 | 4,570 |
| Papua New Guinea | 95% | 56 | 1:145,577 | 12,807 |
| Cambodia | 77% | 49 | 1:332,109 | 8,506 |
| Colombia | - | 49 | 1:975,080 | 11,246 |
| Japan | - | 49 | 1:2,611,960 | 21,755 |
| Guyana | 100% | 44 | 1:17,347 | 2,240 |
| Panama | 100% | 44 | 1:88,785 | 4,615 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 44 | 1:686,407 | 16,666 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 40 | 1:180,920 | 3,132 |
| Palestine | 100% | 38 | 1:119,738 | 1,999 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 35 | 1:679,134 | 32,372 |
| DR Congo | 80% | 34 | 1:2,171,400 | 51,388 |
| Czechia | 100% | 33 | 1:322,914 | 2,031 |
| Iran | - | 33 | 1:2,378,693 | 13,453 |
| San Marino | 100% | 32 | 1:1,029 | 202 |
| Austria | 100% | 30 | 1:283,807 | 3,505 |
| Finland | 100% | 30 | 1:182,773 | 3,259 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 30 | 1:45,381 | 4,173 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 29 | 1:6,132 | 984 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Zambia | - | 28 | 1:566,243 | 12,318 |
| Croatia | 100% | 27 | 1:156,188 | 3,094 |
| Guam | - | 24 | 1:6,694 | 1,054 |
| Malta | - | 23 | 1:18,668 | 1,434 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 20 | 1:122,938 | 3,134 |
| Norway | 100% | 19 | 1:270,123 | 6,107 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 18 | 1:397,333 | 16,617 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 17 | 1:1,357,408 | 36,328 |
| Uruguay | - | 17 | 1:201,626 | 3,724 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Denmark | - | 15 | 1:376,633 | 6,579 |
| Honduras | 100% | 13 | 1:678,267 | 8,995 |
| Jersey | - | 13 | 1:7,691 | 755 |
| Macau | - | 13 | 1:46,785 | 540 |
| Belize | 100% | 12 | 1:29,526 | 2,824 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 11 | 1:51,277 | 1,980 |
| Senegal | 100% | 11 | 1:1,325,578 | 10,886 |
| Guatemala | - | 9 | 1:1,789,825 | 5,607 |
| Malawi | - | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Monaco | 100% | 9 | 1:4,274 | 738 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Lesotho | 67% | 8 | 1:255,000 | 16,349 |
| Belarus | 100% | 7 | 1:1,354,626 | 6,726 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 7 | 1:681,135 | 8,843 |
| Bermuda | - | 6 | 1:10,804 | 1,174 |
| Estonia | 50% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Benin | 100% | 5 | 1:2,115,169 | 40,564 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 5 | 1:3,549,369 | 21,516 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 5 | 1:1,203,667 | 14,616 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 5 | 1:22,316 | 2,594 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| Botswana | - | 4 | 1:546,112 | 13,807 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Suriname | 100% | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Barbados | - | 2 | 1:144,894 | 2,643 |
| Bolivia | - | 2 | 1:5,300,702 | 6,605 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Georgia | 50% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Maldives | - | 2 | 1:216,952 | 3,781 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | 100% | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | 100% | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Micronesia | - | 1 | 1:106,500 | 1,462 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1 | 1:30,812,565 | 27,537 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Seréna (40), Sèrèna (135), Séréna (49), Sèréna (1) & Sérèna (1) are calculated separately.
Serena (13,340) may also be a surname.
Serena Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. from Latin serenus ‘calm’, 'serene'. This name has been noted once in the 13th C, again in Notts in 1761, and in New England in 1830.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A female name derived perhaps from Serena, a daughter of Theodosius, married to Stilicho, the general of that emperor; from the Latin serenus, cheerful, quiet, calm.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Latin (feminine) - Soft, gentle, patience.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Latin name, meaning: Tranquil.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Serena Forename Popularity
Serena Demographics
Serena Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 4,051 (2014)
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Serena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Serena in the Russian language | ||
| Серена | serena | - |
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