Serena
Serena is a girl name of Italian origin, meaning Serene and calm.
What Serena means
Serene and calm.
Serena sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Serena comes from
Italian names preserve Latin forms more directly than most European languages, often keeping the original vowel endings that other languages dropped.
Serena is recorded as Italian in origin. Browse other Italian names.
How popular is Serena?
Serena does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Serena
Two ideas meet in Serena: Peace and Gentle. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Serena
These share Serena's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Serenity — Peace and calm.
- Subira — Patience.
- Malie — Calm and gentle.
- Patience — Calm endurance.
- Temperance — Moderation and restraint.
- Bianca — White, pure.
- Federico — Peaceful ruler.
- Rocco — Rest; repose.
- Catalina — Pure.
- Delilah — Delicate.
- Katya — Pure.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.