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Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lena

Pronunciation	LEH-na (Swedish, German, Dutch, Polish, Italian), LYEH-nuh (Russian), LEE-nuh (English), LEH-NAH (Georgian), leh-NAH (Armenian)
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Greek, Germanic, Scandinavian, Slavic
Meaning	'shining light', 'bright'

Lena is a feminine given name, a short form of Helena (Ἑλένη), meaning 'torch' or 'shining light'. It may be a given name by itself or a diminutive of Helena and variants, such as Elena.

People with the given name

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• Lena (actress), Malayalam film actress
• Lena Ackebo (born 1950), Swedish comic creator
• Lena Adler (1941–2023), Swedish gymnast
• Lena Adomat (born 1964), Swedish gymnast
• Lena Åkesson (born 1967), Swedish boxer
• Lena Alexander (1899–1983), Scottish painter
• Lena Alhusseini, American activist
• Lena Amsel (1898–1929), German dancer and actress
• Lena Anderson (born 1939), Swedish children’s book illustrator and author
• Lena Anderssen (born 1974), Faroese-Canadian singer-songwriter
• Lena Lovato Archuleta (1920–2011), American educator, school librarian and administrator
• Lena Arnoldt (born 1982), German politician
• Lena Clemmons Artz (1891–1976), American botanist
• Lena Ashwell (1872–1957), British actress
• Lena Asplund (born 1956), Swedish politician
• Lena Baker (1900–1945), American convicted of murder
• Lena Bergman (born 1943), Swedish social services employee
• Lena Bergström (born 1961), Swedish textiles and glass designer
• Léna Bernstein (1906–1932), German aviator
• Lena Berntsson (born 1978), Swedish athlete
• Lena Beyerling (born 1995), German actress
• Lena Bickel (born 2004), Swiss artistic gymnast
• Lena Biolcati (born 1960), Italian singer
• Lena Blackbird (1933–2021), American Cherokee artist
• Lena Blomkvist (born 1990), Swedish football defender
• Lena Bogdanović (born 1974), Serbian actress
• Lena Borislavova (born 1989), Bulgarian politician and lawyer
• Lena Börjeson (1879–1976), Swedish sculptor, teacher
• Lena Braun (born 1961), German contemporary artist
• Lena Northern Buckner (1875–1939), American social worker
• Léna Bühler (born 1997), Swiss racing driver
• Lena Burke (born 1978), Cuban singer and actress
• Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck (born 1954), Swedish cross-country skier
• Léna Carrau (born 1997), French acrobatic gymnast
• Lena Chamamyan (born 1980), Syrian singer of Armenian origin
• Lena Christ (1881–1920), German writer
• Lena Christensen, Thai-Danish actress, television presenter and singer
• Lena Conradson (born 1948), Swedish singer
• Lena Constante (1909–2005), Romanian artist, essayist and memoirist
• Lena Cronqvist (1938–2025), Swedish painter and sculptor
• Lena Cruz, New Zealand actress
• Lena Cymbrowitz (1957–2000), American politician
• Lena Dąbkowska-Cichocka (born 1973), Polish politician
• Lena Degenhardt (born 1999), German handball player
• Lena Derriecott Bell King (1923–2024), member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
• Lena Diab (born 1965), Canadian politician
• Lena Doolin Mason (1864–1924), American Methodist preacher and poet
• Lena Dunham (born 1986), American filmmaker and actress
• Lena Düpont (born 1986), German politician
• Lena Dürr (born 1991), German alpine skier
• Lena Düsterhöft (born 1996), German ice hockey player
• Lena Frances Edwards (1900–1986), American doctor
• Lena Einhorn (born 1954), Swedish director, writer and physician
• Lena Ek (born 1958), Swedish politician
• Lena Eliasson (born 1981), Swedish orienteer and ski-orienteering competitor
• Lena Kristin Ellingsen (born 1980), Norwegian actress
• Lena Emilsson (born 1957), Swedish politician
• Lena Endesfelder (born 1992), German Wine Queen 2016
• Lena Endre (born 1955), Swedish theatre, film and television actress
• Lena Erdil (born 1989), Turkish windsurfer
• Lena Eriksson (born 1972), Swedish breaststroke swimmer
• Lena Estrada, Colombian government official
• Lena Fayre, American singer-songwriter
• Lena Santos Ferguson (1928–2004), American secretary, clubwoman, and civil rights advocate
• Lena Fiagbe, British soul singer-songwriter
• Lena Forsén (born 1951), Swedish Playboy Playmate
• Lena Frerichs (born 2004), German field hockey player
• Lena Frier Kristiansen (born 1983), Danish badminton player
• Lena Jane Fry (1850–1938), Canadian-American writer
• Lena Fujii (born 1984), Japanese singer
• Lena Gabršček (born 1994), Slovenian volleyball player
• Lena Ganschow, German journalist and television moderator
• Lena Georgescu (born 1999), Swiss chess player
• Lena Gercke (born 1988), German model
• Lena Giudici (1898–1995), American lawyer
• Lena Glaz (born 1961), Israeli chess player
• Lena Goeßling (born 1986), German footballer
• Léna Goetsch (born 1999), French footballer
• Lena Göldi (born 1979), Swiss Olympic judoka
• Lena Gonzalez (born 1981), American politician
• Lena Göppel (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer
• Lena Góra (born 1990), Polish actress
• Lena Gorelik, German writer
• Lena Grabowski (born 2002), Austrian swimmer
• Léna Grandveau (born 2003), French handball player
• Lena Grebak (born 1991), Danish badminton player
• Lena Groeger, American journalist
• Lena Guerrero (1957–2008), American politician
• Lena Gumnior (born 1992), German politician
• Lena Gurr (1897–1992), American painter
• Lena Häcki (born 1995), Swiss biathlete
• Lena Hades (born 1959), Russian painter
• Lena Hallengren (born 1973), Swedish Social Democratic Party
• Lena Halliday (c. 1872–1937), English actress
• Lena Hallin (born 1961), Swedish Air Force major general
• Lena Tracy Hanks (1879–1944), American psychologist
• Lena T. Hansson (born 1955), Swedish actress
• Lena Hasselström (born 1972), Swedish ski-orienteering competitor
• Lena Culver Hawkins (1866–1949), American major and suffragette
• Lena Headey (born 1973), British actress
• Lena Henke, German artist
• Lena Hentschel (born 2001), German diver
• Lena Hill, American academic administrator
• Lena Himmelstein (1877–1951), American clothing designer and retailer
• Lena Hjelm-Wallén (born 1943), Swedish politician
• Lena Horne (1917–2010), American singer and actress
• Lena Isaksson, Swedish ski-orienteering competitor
• Lena Ivančok (born 2001), Austrian handballer
• Lena Terrell Jackson (1865–1943), American educator
• Lena Jedwab-Rozenberg (1924–2005), Polish-French Jewish writer
• Lena Jeger, Baroness Jeger (1915–2007), British politician
• Lena Jensen (born 1973), Norwegian politician
• Lena Jensen Rogn (no) (born 1980), Norwegian cross-country skier
• Lena Johansson (born 1969), Swedish politician
• Lena Jordan, Russian gymnast
• Léna Kandissounon (born 1998), French athlete
• Lena Kapp, German curler
• Lena Kaur, British actress
• Lena Kenin (1897–1968), American physician
• Lena Kennedy (1914–1986), English author
• Lena Khan, film director and writer
• Lena King Lee (1906–2006), American politician
• Lena Klenke (born 1995), German actress
• Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (born 1947), Polish sociologist, academic and politician
• Lena Kourkoutis (1979–2023), American physicist
• Lena Kovačević (born 1992), Serbian singer
• Lena Kreck (born 1981), German politician
• Lena Kreundl (born 1997), Austrian swimmer
• Lena Küchler-Silberman (1910–1987), Jewish World War II resistance
• Lena Lattwein (born 2000), German footballer
• Lena Lauzemis (born 1983), German actress
• Lena Levine (1903–1965), American physician
• Lena Liepe (born 1962), Swedish art historian
• Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (born 1955), Swedish politician
• Lena Litvak (born 1988), Ukrainian-born American tennis player
• Lena Lootens (born 1959), Belgian soprano
• Lena Lotzen (born 1993), German footballer
• Lena Lowis (1845–1919), British author and scientific illustrator
• Lena Lutz (born 2001), Swiss ice hockey player
• Lena Machado (1903–1974) Native Hawaiian singer, composer, and ukulele player
• Lena Malkus (born 1993), German long jumper
• Lena Marquise (born 1985), Russian interdisciplinary artist
• Lena Martell (born 1940), Scottish singer
• Lena Maryana (born 1962), Indonesian politician
• Lena B. Mathes (1861–1951), American educator, social reformer, and ordained minister
• Lena McEwan (1927–2011), Australian plastic surgeon
• Lena McLin (1928–2023), American composer
• Lena Mellin, Swedish journalist
• Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 1991), German singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010
• Lena Micheel (born 1998), German field hockey player
• Lena Micko (born 1955), Swedish politician
• Lena Miculek, American professional competitive shooter, firearms educator and product developer
• Lena Mihailovic (born 1996), Australian water polo player
• Léna Mill-Reuillard, Canadian cinematographer and photographer
• Lena Moi (1926–2004), First Lady of Kenya
• Lena Möller (born 1957), Swedish sprinter
• Lena Möllers (born 1990), German volleyball player
• Lena L. Moore (died 1969), American politician
• Lena Moreno, Spanish taekwondo practitioner
• Lena Morrow Lewis, American orator and politician
• Lena Beatrice Morton (c. 1901–1981), American educator and literary scholar
• Lena Mukhina (1924–1991), Russian diarist
• Lena Müller (born 1987), German rower
• Lena Nazaryan (born 1983), Armenian journalist and politician
• Lena Neudauer, German violinist
• Lena Neumann, German film editor
• Lena Niang (born 1996), Senegalese basketball player
• Lena Nilsson (born 1962), Swedish actress
• Lena Noreses (born 1994), Namibian footballer
• Lena Nyadbi (1936–2024), Australian artist
• Lena Nyman (1944–2011), Swedish actress
• Lena Nymark (born 1980), Norwegian jazz musician
• Lena Oberdorf (born 2001), German footballer
• Lena Olin (born 1955), Swedish actress
• Lena Ostermeier (born 1996), German association footballer
• Lena Papadakis (born 1998), German tennis player
• Lena Pappa (1932–2025), Greek poet
• Lena Pauels (born 1998), German footballer
• Lena Persson Herlitz (born 1967), Swedish Amphibious Corps officer
• Lena Petermann (born 1994), German footballer
• Lena Madesin Phillips (1881–1955), American lawyer and clubwoman
• Lena Piękniewska (born 1980), Polish singer
• Lena Platonos (born 1951), Greek musician, pianist, and composer
• Lena Plesiutschnig (born 1993), Austrian beach volleyball player
• Lena Prewitt (1931–2024), American academic
• Lena Prima, American jazz singer
• Lena Rådström Baastad (born 1974), Swedish politician
• Lena Raine (born 1984), American video game composer and producer
• Lena Rea, Irish badminton player
• Lena Charlotte Reißner (born 2000), German cyclist
• Lena Repinc (born 2003), Slovenian biathlete
• Lena Richard (1892 or 1893-1950), American cookbook author and restaurateur
• Lena Röhlings (born 2002), German canoeist
• Lena Rosenthal (1920–2007), birthname of American businesswoman Leona Helmsley
• Lena Sadick, lawn and indoor bowler
• Lena Samuelsson, Swedish ski-orienteering competitor
• Lena Sandin (born 1961), Swedish tennis player
• Lena Sandlin-Hedman (born 1969), Swedish politician
• Lena Saradnik (born 1947), American politician
• Lena Schilling (born 2001), Austrian climate activist
• Lena Schöneborn (born 1986), German modern pentathlete
• Lena L. Severance (1855–1942), American mathematician, author, world traveler and activist
• Lena Silano (born 2000), American soccer player
• Lena Sjöholm (born 1946), Swedish archer
• Lena Smedsaas (1951–2014), Swedish journalist and writer
• Lena O. Smith (1885–1966), American lawyer and civil rights advocate
• Lena B. Smithers Hughes (1905–1987), American botanist
• Lena Söderblom (born 1935), Swedish actress
• Lena Solli-Reimann (born 1969), Norwegian hurdler
• Lena Sommestad (born 1957), Swedish politician and economic historian
• Lena Spoof (born 1961), Finnish archaeologist and hurdler
• Lena Springs (1883–1942), American politician
• Lena Ruth Stefanovic, Montenegrin author and poet
• Lena Stigrot (born 1994), German volleyball player
• Lena Stöcklin (born 1990), German canoeist
• Lena Stojković (born 2002), Croatian taekwondo practitioner
• Lena Stolze (born 1956), German actress
• Lena Strömdahl (born 1947), Swedish actress
• Lena Sulkanen (born 1960), Swedish bowler
• Lena Sundström (born 1972), Swedish journalist and author
• Lena Swanson (born 1937), American politician and activist
• Lena Taylor (born 1966), American politician
• Lena Teunissen (born 1997), Dutch canoeist
• Lena Townsend (1911–2004), British Conservative politician
• Lena Trent Gordon (1885–1935), American social worker, orator, government official and poet
• Lena Triendl (born 2000), Austrian footballer
• Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, American poet
• Lena Tyriberget (born 1973), Norwegian football coach
• Lena Uebach (born 2000), German association football player
• Lena Urbaniak (born 1992), German shot putter
• Lena Urzendowsky (born 2000), German actress
• Lena Valaitis (born 1943), Lithuanian-German singer
• Lena Valaoritou (1897–1967), Greek tennis player
• Lena Videkull (born 1962), Swedish footballer
• Lena Waithe (born 1984), American screenwriter, producer, and actress
• Lena Wermelt (born 1990), German footballer
• Lena Werner (born 1994), German politician
• Lena Willemark (born 1960), Swedish musician
• Lena Wilson (c. 1898 – c. 1939), American blues singer
• Lena Wilson (executive), Scottish businessperson
• Lena Wisborg (born 1965), Swedish actress
• Lena Wood (1899–1982), British violist
• Lena Yada (born 1978), Japanese-American model
• Lena Zavaroni (1963–1999), Scottish singer
• Lena Żelichowska (1910–1958), Polish actress

Nickname

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• Jennie Lena, stage name of Jennie Willemstijn (born 1977), Dutch singer and songwriter
• Lena Asmus, nickname of Helene Asmus (born 1982), Russian and German rhythmic gymnast
• Lena Belkina or Olena Leser (born 1987), Ukrainian mezzo-soprano
• Lena Blackburne, nickname of Russell Aubrey Blackburne (1886–1968), American baseball infielder, manager, coach, and scout
• Lena Brogren, nickname of Ulla-Britt Brogren (1929–2005), was a Swedish actress
• Lena Margareta Wilton, nickname of Lena Carlsson (born 1972), Swedish sailor
• Lena Chettiar, stage name of S. M. Letchuman Chettiar, Indian film producer
• Lena Connell, stage name of Adelin Beatrice Connell, also known professionally as Beatrice Cundy, (1875–1949), British suffragette and a well-known photographer
• Lena Crittenden/Lee Crittenden, pennames of Lela E. Buis, American speculative fiction writer, playwright, poet and artist
• Lena d'Água, stage name of Helena Maria de Jesus Águas (born 1956), Portuguese singer
• Lena Farugia, stage name of Nicolina Elizabeth Farruggia (1951–2019), American-born South African actress, screenwriter, director and producer
• Lena Guilbert Ford (1870–1918), American poet
• Lena Granhagen (born 1938), Swedish actress
• Lena Hall, stage name of Celina Consuela Gabriella Carvajal (born 1980), American actress and singer
• Lena Herzog, stage name of Elena Herzog (née Pisetski; born 1970), Russian-American visual artist and photographer
• Lena Kang, stage name of Kang Re-Na (born 2002), South Korean singer, former member of K-pop group GWSN
• Lena Katina, stage name of Elena Sergeevna Katina (born 1984), Russian singer
• Lena Lakomy stage name of Helena Lakomy (1917–2010), survivor of Nazi concentration camps
• Anna Karolina Larsson, nickname of Lena Larsson (1882–1967), Swedish ballad singer
• Lena Michaëlis, nickname of Helena Cornelia Michaëlis (1905–1982), Dutch discus thrower
• Lena Milman, nickname of Angelena Frances Milman (1862–1914), British translator, critic and architectural historian
• Lena Neuner, nickname of Magdalena Neuner (married name Magdalena Holzer; born 1987), German biathlete
• Lena Ovchynnikova, nickname of Oléna Serhíyivna Ovchýnnikova (born 1987), Ukrainian kickboxer and mixed martial artist
• Lena Oxton, fictional Overwatch character, known as Tracer (Overwatch)
• Lena Park, stage name of Park Jung-hyun (born 1976), Korean singer, also known as Park Jung Hyun (박정현)
• Lena Pedersen, stage name of Elizabeth Magdalena Pedersen or Lena Pederson, Canadian Inuk politician
• Lena Philipsson, stage name of Maria Magdalena Philipsson (born 1966), Swedish singer, also known as "Lena Ph"
• Lena Piskun, nickname of Elena Mikhaylovna Piskun (born 1978), Belarusian artistic gymnast
• Lena Purcell, nickname of Samuelene Purcell (1898–1982), New Zealand shop assistant and trade unionist
• Lena Rice, nickname of Helena Bertha Grace Rice (1866–1907), Irish tennis player
• Lena Ruru, nickname of Rina Matewai Ruru (1902–1977), New Zealand community leader, sportswoman, pianist and Māori welfare worker
• Lena Scissorhands, stage name of Elena Cataraga (born 1986), Moldovan heavy metal singer and songwriter
• Léna Situations, stage name of Léna Mahfouf (born 1997), French vlogger
• Lena Stein-Schneider stage name of Helene Meyerstein (born 1958), German composer, singer and pianist
• Lena Styles, nickname of William Graves Styles (1899–1956), American baseball catcher
• Lena Svedberg, nickname of Aina-Lena Bernice Svedberg (1946–1972), Swedish artist
• Lena Thomson, stage name of Helena Agnes Thomson (1868–1938), Scottish amateur golfer
• Lena Tretyakova, stage name of Elena Nikolaevna Tretyakova (born 1988), Russian singer
• Lena Ustymenko, nickname of Olena Ustymenko Sokolowski (born 1986), Ukrainian volleyball player

Disambiguation

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• Lena Andersson, several people

Fictional characters

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• The female protagonist in an Ole and Lena joke
• Lena, in the 1996 anime Shamanic Princess
• Lena, played by Marion Cotillard in the 2006 film Toi et Moi
• Lena, played by Emma Levie in the 2011 film Lena
• Lena, played by Natalie Portman in the 2018 film Annihilation
• Lena, in the book series Fablehaven
• Lena Adams, in the Grant County, Georgia series of books
• Lena Duchannes, in the Beautiful Creatures series of books
• Lena Dupree, an antagonist in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island
• Lena Adams Foster, in American TV series The Fosters
• Lena Grove, in the William Faulkner novel Light In August
• Lena Haloway, in the Delirium series of books by Lauren Oliver
• Lena Hatun, in Turkish TV series Kuruluş: Osman
• Lena Kaligaris, in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series of books
• Lena Luthor, Lex Luthor's sister in DC Comics
• Lena Milizé, in 86: Eighty Six, short for Vladilena
• Lena "Tracer" Oxton, in the video games Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm
• Lena Seguret, in The Returned television show
• Lena De Spell, in the DuckTales television show
• Lena Tikhonova in the Everlasting Summer game
• Lenna Charlotte Tycoon, one of the main characters of Final Fantasy V
• Lena Younger, in the A Raisin In The Sun play

People with the surname

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• Jeffrey Lena (born 1958), American lawyer
• Jennie Lena, Dutch singer-songwriter
• Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena (born 1976), Indonesian politician who currently serves as Governor of East Nusa Tenggara
• Nijaz Lena (born 1986), Macedonian footballer

See also

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• Lenna (disambiguation)
• Lanna (disambiguation)
• Leena, Leana, Lene, Leni (name) Lenka
• Lina
• Linna (disambiguation)

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