Lena (name)
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The name Lena comes from the endings of Alina and Helena
. In Hebrew it means Woman of Magdala, in Arabic it means tender and in Greek it means sun ray or moonlight. Also, it has roots in Russian and Swedish.
The name Lena is pronounced as LEE-nah, Leina, Lena or Lyna. The language of origin for this name is Arabic and Latin. The dictionary meaning of Lena in English language is "palm tree". Lena is the Diminutive or short form for names that end with –line such as Caroline, Adeline, Madeline etc.
The name Lena also lies in the roots of the Scandinavian language. Scandinavian version for the name Helen is Lena. Here, it means "torch", metaphoric representation of something that shows light and leads the path. Lena is also used in Italian surnames such as Della Lena. This surname is derived from the mother's first name, Maddalena, if the father is unknown.
Lena is a short form of Elena (name)
in Romanian and Russian.
Lena Kaligaris, character in sisterhood of the travelling pants series
Helen (given name)
Helen is a feminine given name derived from the Greek Ἑλένη Helene, meaning "torch" or "corposant." Another possible derivation is the Greek σελήνη or Selene, meaning "moon." Helen of Troy is a character in Greek mythology...
. In Hebrew it means Woman of Magdala, in Arabic it means tender and in Greek it means sun ray or moonlight. Also, it has roots in Russian and Swedish.
The name Lena is pronounced as LEE-nah, Leina, Lena or Lyna. The language of origin for this name is Arabic and Latin. The dictionary meaning of Lena in English language is "palm tree". Lena is the Diminutive or short form for names that end with –line such as Caroline, Adeline, Madeline etc.
The name Lena also lies in the roots of the Scandinavian language. Scandinavian version for the name Helen is Lena. Here, it means "torch", metaphoric representation of something that shows light and leads the path. Lena is also used in Italian surnames such as Della Lena. This surname is derived from the mother's first name, Maddalena, if the father is unknown.
Lena is a short form of Elena (name)
Elena (name)
Elena is a popular Macedonian, Spanish, Romanian and Italian version of the Macedonian name Elena , meaning "light" and "beautiful". The name also means "love" or "happiness"....
in Romanian and Russian.
Name Day
- Czech: 21 February
- Slovak: 4 June
- Swedish: 18 August
- Polish: 10 November
People named Lena
- Lena Burke, Cuban singer and actress
- Lena AbhilashLena AbhilashLena Abhilash , is a Malayalam actress and a VJ . She is known for her contrasting roles in different Malayalam soaps, which otherwise is filled with tear-jerking female characters. She has acted in many films including Jayaraj's Sneham, Karunam and Shantam, Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal, Randam...
, Malayalam actress - Lena ChamamyanLena ChamamyanLena Chamamyan is a Syrian singer of Armenian descent. Born in Damascus, she started singing at an early age giving her first concert when she was five years old.Through her elementary and secondary education she held many school concerts...
, Syrian singer - Lena ErikssonLena ErikssonLena Christina Eriksson is a former female breaststroke swimmer from Sweden, representing Spårvägens SF. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she ended up in ninth place in the Women's 200m Breaststroke.-References:...
, Swedish breaststroke swimmer - Lena GerckeLena GerckeLena Johanna Gercke, better known as Lena Gercke , is a German fashion model and television host. She was winner of the first cycle of Germany's Next Top Model.-Modelling career:...
, German model - Lena HeadeyLena HeadeyLena Headey is an English actress. Headey's performance in a one-off show when she was 17 caught the attention of a casting agent, who took a photo and asked her to audition and eventually she got a supporting role alongside Jeremy Irons and Ethan Hawke in the 1992 British drama film Waterland and...
, British actress - Lena HorneLena HorneLena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer.Horne joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the...
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, Russian singer, member of t.A.T.u. - Lena Karpinsky, Canadian artist
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, German singer - Lena OlinLena OlinLena Maria Jonna Olin is a Swedish actress.-Early life:Olin was born the youngest of three children, in Stockholm, Sweden. She is the daughter of actress Britta Holmberg and the director Stig Olin...
, Swedish actress - Lena PaparigopoulouLena PaparigopoulouLena Paparigopoulou, also Lena Paparrigopoulou, in , is a Greek fashion model. In 2002, she won the Miss Star Hellas title , and went on to represent Greece at the May 24, 2002 Miss Universe pageant . She has a degree in theology from the University of Athens...
, Greek fashion model - Lena PhilipssonLena PhilipssonMaria Magdalena "Lena" Philipsson is a Swedish singer and media personality.-Career:...
, Swedish singer, also known as "Lena Ph" (real name - Maria Magdalena Filipsson) - Lena SoderbergLena SoderbergLena Söderberg appeared as a Playmate in the November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine, under the name Lenna Sjööblom. Her centerfold was photographed by Dwight Hooker....
(Söderberg), Playmate- Lena or LennaLennaLenna or Lena is the name given to a 512 x 512 pixel standard test image originally cropped from the centerfold of November 1972 issue of Playboy magazine. It is a picture of Lena Söderberg, a Swedish model, shot by photographer Dwight Hooker...
, the famous image of Lena Söderberg used in digital image processing
- Lena or Lenna
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(1963-1999), Scottish singer - Lena Abbas, British/Sudanese artist and illustrator (www.lenaabbas.com)
People named Lene
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, Norwegian singer - Lene Brøndum, Danish actress
- Lene DemsitzLene DemsitzLene Stokholm Demsitz is a retired female long jumper from Denmark. Her personal best jump was 6.72 metres, achieved in August 1985 in Budapest. She is also a two-time national champion in the women's high jump.-Achievements:-References:**...
, Danish long jumper - Lene Elise BergumLene Elise BergumLene Elise Bergum is a Norwegian actress.Her breakthrough as an actress came with her role as "Lene" in the movie Hodet over vannet , which has later been remade as a Hollywood-movie, Head Above Water, with Cameron Diaz in the lead role...
, Norwegian actress - Lene EspersenLene EspersenLene Espersen is a Danish politician and member of parliament who has been Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs since 23 February 2010 and was leader of the Conservative People's Party and Deputy Prime Minister from 9 September 2008 to 13 January 2011...
, Danish politician - Lene HallLene HallLene Hall is a Barbadian model. She modeled throughout her high school career, but it was only when an agent approached Hall at her work place in Barbados and encouraged her to come to New York that she would have her chance on the international fashion stage...
, Barbadian model - Lene HauLene HauLene Vestergaard Hau is a Danish physicist. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who, by use of a superfluid, succeeded in slowing a beam of light to about 17 metres per second, and, in 2001, was able to momentarily stop a beam.In 1989, Hau accepted a two-year appointment as a postdoctoral...
, Danish physicist - Lene KaaberbølLene KaaberbølLene Kaaberbøl is a Danish writer of fantasy novels living in Copenhagen, Denmark.- Writing :Lene Kaaberbøl tends to write fantasy books set in the medieval period...
, Danish writer - Lene KøppenLene KøppenLene Køppen is a former badminton player from Denmark who won numerous Danish national and major international championships from the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Noted for her speed and athleticism, she and Camilla Martin are the only Danish women to win both the World and All-England ...
, Danish badminton player - Lene LovichLene LovichLene Lovich is an American singer based in England, who first gained attention as part of the New Wave music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Her most popular hit single was "Lucky Number", first released in 1979.-Early years:...
, Bosnian-American singer - Lene LøsethLene LøsethLene Løseth is a Norwegian alpine skier who races for Spjelkavik IL.At the WC 2007 in Åre she came 38th in the giant slalom and 23rd in the slalom....
, Norwegian alpine skier - Lene MarlinLene MarlinLene Marlin is a Norwegian musician.-Playing My Game :Marlin made her Norwegian debut on 12 October 1998, with the single "Unforgivable Sinner", which proved to be a hit as it reached number one and kept that position for eight weeks...
, Norwegian singer - Lene Nystrøm (born 1973), Norwegian singer (AquaAqua (band)Aqua is a Danish dance-pop group, best known for their 1997 breakthrough single "Barbie Girl". The group formed in 1989 and achieved huge success across the globe in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The group managed to top the UK Singles Chart with their first three singles. The group released two...
) - Lene Outinen, Polish alternative model
- Lene ThiesenLene ThiesenLene Thiesen is the former director of the Copenhagen International Theatre . Thiesen was named 'Woman of the Year' by a Danish magazine.-History:...
, Danish theatrist
Lena Kaligaris, character in sisterhood of the travelling pants series
People named Lenka
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, Czech rock singer - Lenka Filipová, Czech country singer
- Lenka Kripac, Australian actress and singer
- Lenka Hašková, Czech journalist, writer and author
- Lenka Kotková, Czech astronomerAstronomerAn astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
- Lenka Kořínková, Czech actress and singer
- Lenka Lanczová Czech author
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, Czech actress - Lenka Ouhrabková, Czech actress
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, Czech author - Lenka Šmídová, Czech yachtwoman
- Lenka Termerová, Czech actress