Meaning: Short form of Helena, Magdalena and other -lena names
The story
Lena can shorten several different names and is also used independently. Helena and Magdalena have different histories, so one torch or light gloss cannot explain every Lena.
Nicknames
- Lenni
- Lee
Spellings & variants
Popularity
Familiar
In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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Style
Origins
Lena comes from German.
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