Lena
English
Proper noun
Lena
- A female given name, from the Scandinavian, German and Russian pet form of Helena, Magdalena and Yelena (also spelled Elena).
- Lena River, flowing 2,734 miles from the Baikal Mountains of Siberia to the Arctic Ocean.
Derived terms
Translations
female given name
Lena River
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Danish
Faroese
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Lena: Lenuson
- daughter of Lena: Lenudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Lena |
Accusative | Lenu |
Dative | Lenu |
Genitive | Lenu |
German
Pronunciation
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Latin
Proper noun
Lēna m (genitive Lēnae); first declension
- A male given name, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus.
Norwegian
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.na/
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Proper noun
Lena f
- A female given name, Lena.
- A diminutive of the female given name Milena
- A diminutive of the female given name Helena
- Lena, a river in Russia.
Portuguese
Swedish
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- 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.
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