Languages: This girl's name is used in Hebrew, German, Dutch, English, Greek, Polish, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.

Nickname For: Helena and Magdalena

Compound Forms: Idalena

Alternative Spellings: Leina, Leyna and Lina

Non-English Forms: Leena and Lenie

Popularity: The name Lena ranked 531st in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 259th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

This name is highly rated in the 1990 U.S. Census popularity survey of all ages, but after 1960 does not appear in the state data listing the most popular baby names.

Narrative: It originated as a short form of Helena, Magdalena and other names ending in -lena or -lina.