Lenna

Lenna: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “variant of Lena”
Origin: English
Say it: LEN-uh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Lenna is usually treated as a variant spelling of Lena. Lena may derive from names such as Helena, Magdalena, or Alina depending on usage, so the ultimate meaning can vary.

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How popular is Lenna?

202439.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Lenna in 2024130

2024 rank#1,602 girls

Peak year1887

Total US babies since 18804,257

Lenna is rising: use over the last five years is 3.2× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Lenna

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Lenalight · Greek
Leenatender or delicate · Arabic
Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English

Lenna questions

What does the name Lenna mean?

Lenna means "variant of Lena". It comes from English. Lenna is usually treated as a variant spelling of Lena. Lena may derive from names such as Helena, Magdalena, or Alina depending on usage, so the ultimate meaning can vary.

Is Lenna a boy or girl name?

Lenna is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Lenna?

130 US babies were named Lenna in 2024. Its peak year was 1887.

How do you pronounce Lenna?

Lenna is usually pronounced LEN-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.