Lena
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
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.
Translations[edit]
female given name
Lena River
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Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lena
- A female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena.
German[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lena
- A female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lēna (genitive Lēnae); m, first declension
- A male given name, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus.
Norwegian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Lena
- A female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Proper noun[edit]
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.
Declension[edit]
declension of Lena
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Short form of Magdalena and Helena. First recorded in Sweden in 1481.
Proper noun[edit]
Lena
- A female given name.
References[edit]
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
- [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 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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- English proper nouns
- English female given names from Ancient Greek
- English female given names from Hebrew
- en:Rivers
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- Danish female given names
- German female given names
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin male given names
- Norwegian female given names
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish female given names
- Polish diminutives of female given names
- pl:Rivers
- pl:Russia
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish female given names