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Lena (name)

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

Nickname

  • 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

Fictional characters

People with the surname

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

See also