Lena
Lena is a girl name of Slavic origin, ranked #83 in popularity, meaning Light, shining; torch.
What Lena means
Light, shining; torch.
Lena is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Lena comes from
Slavic names are commonly built from two clear elements — peace, glory, world, love — combined into a compound whose meaning reads almost as a wish.
Lena is recorded as Slavic in origin. Browse other Slavic names.
How popular is Lena?
Lena is ranked #83, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Lena
The thread we file Lena under is light and brightness — worth following if that association is what caught your attention in the first place.
Themes: Light
Names like Lena
These share Lena's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Jelena — Shining light.
- Lucia — Light.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Chiara — Bright, clear, light.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Laoise — Radiant girl; light.
- Leonor — Shining light.