Lena

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lena"

English

Etymology

The female name is from the Scandinavian, German and Russian pet form of Helena, Magdalena and Yelena (also spelled Elena).

The river in Yakutia is from Russian Лена (Lena), from Evenki Елюенэ (Jeljujenə, “the Large River”). Compare to Yakut Өлүөнэ (Ölüöne).

(Norwegian river): Probably related to Old Norse leir (“clay”) (see the references).

(Town in Toten): From Old Norse lein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.nə/, /ˈli.na/

Proper noun

Lena

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A major river in Russia, flowing 2,734 miles from the mountains by the lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean.
3. A municipality in Asturias, Spain.
4. A river in Trøndelag, Norway
5. A town in Toten, Norway

Derived terms

• Leaping Lena
• Pola de Lena (Spain)

Translations

female given name

• Danish: Lene
• Faroese: Lena f
• Finnish: Leena (fi)
• Hungarian: Léna (hu)
• Polish: Lena (pl) f
• Russian: Ле́на (ru) f (Léna), (full name) Еле́на (ru) f (Jeléna)

river in Russia

• Arabic: لِينَا f (līnā)
• Armenian: Լենա (hy) (Lena)
• Belarusian: Ле́на f (Ljéna)
• Bengali: লেনা (lena), লেনা নদী (lena nodi)
• Bulgarian: Ле́на f (Léna)
• Buryat: Зүлхэ (Zülxe)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勒拿河 (zh) (Lèná Hé)

• Czech: Lena (cs) f
• Estonian: Leena (et)
• Faroese: Lena f
• Finnish: Lena (fi)
• French: Léna (fr) f
• Galician: Lena (gl)
• Georgian: ლენა (lena)
• German: Lena (de) f
• Greek: Λένας ποταμός (Lénas potamós)
• Hebrew: לנה (lena)
• Hindi: लेना (hi) (lenā), लेना नदी (lenā nadī)
• Japanese: レナ川 (Rena-gawa), レナ (Rena)
• Kazakh: Өлөне (Ölöne)
• Korean: 레나 강 (Rena gang), 레나 (Rena)
• Latvian: Ļena
• Macedonian: Лена (mk) f (Lena)
• Manchu: ᠯᡳᠶ᠋ᠠᠨᠠ (liyana), ᠵᡠᡵᡤᡝ (jurge)
• Marathi: लेना f (lenā)
• Mongolian: Зүлгэ (Zülge)
• Polish: Lena (pl) f
• Portuguese: Lena m
• Russian: Ле́на (ru) f (Léna)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лена f

  Roman: Lena (sh)

• Turkish: Lena
• Ukrainian: Ле́на f (Léna)
• Yakut: Өлүөнэ (Ölüöne)

municipality in Asturias

• Asturian: Ḷḷena (ast)
• Spanish: Lena (es)

References

• Jørn Sandnes, Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN (etymology of Lensvik)

Anagrams

• lane, enal, lean, Elan, elan, élan, Lean, ELAN, Nale, Neal, Lane, Alne, nale, Alen, neal

Danish

Proper noun

Lena

1. a female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena

Faroese

Proper noun

Lena f

1. a female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Lena: Lenuson
• daughter of Lena: Lenudóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Lena
Accusative	Lenu
Dative	Lenu
Genitive	Lenu

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lena

1. a diminutive of the female given names Helena, Elena, or Magdalena

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Lēna m sg (genitive Lēnae); first declension

1. a male given name, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lēna
Genitive	Lēnae
Dative	Lēnae
Accusative	Lēnam
Ablative	Lēnā
Vocative	Lēna

Norwegian

Proper noun

Lena

1. a female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.na/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: Le‧na

Proper noun

Lena f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lena
2. a diminutive of the female given name Milena
3. a diminutive of the female given name Helena
4. Lena (a major river in Russia)

Declension

Declension of Lena

	singular	plural
nominative	Lena	Leny
genitive	Leny	Len
dative	Lenie	Lenom
accusative	Lenę	Leny
instrumental	Leną	Lenami
locative	Lenie	Lenach
vocative	Leno	Leny

Further reading

• Lena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Lena m

1. Lena (a river in Siberia)

Swedish

Etymology

Short form of Magdalena and Helena. First recorded in Sweden in 1481.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Lena c (genitive Lenas)

1. a female given name

Derived terms

• Lena Handén

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 82 984 females with the given name Lena living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Anagrams

• Elna, alen