Lena

The female name is from the Scandinavian, German and Russian pet form of Helena, Magdalena and Yelena (also spelled Elena).

The river in Yakutia is from Russian Лена (Lena), from Елюенэ (Jeljujenə, “the Large River”). Compare to Yakut Өлүөнэ (Ölüöne).

The Norwegian river's name may be related to Old Norse leir (“clay”) (see the references).

Lena

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
2. A major river in Russia, flowing 2,734 miles from the mountains by the lake Baikal to the Arctic Ocean.
3. A municipality in Asturias, Spain.
4. A river in Trøndelag, Norway

• Leaping Lena
• Pola de Lena (Spain)

• Jørn Sandnes; Ola Stemshaug (1997) Norsk stadnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN (etymology of Lensvik)

• Alne, ELAN, Lane, Lean, Nale, Neal, elan, enal, lane, lean, nale, neal, élan

Lena

1. a female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena

Lena f

1. a female given name

Matronymics

• son of Lena: Lenuson
• daughter of Lena: Lenudóttir

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Lena

1. a diminutive of the female given names Helena or Magdalena

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Lēna m sg (genitive Lēnae); first declension

1. a male given name, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus

First-declension noun, singular only.

Lena

1. a female given name derived from Helena and Magdalena

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛ.na/

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• Rhymes: -ɛna
• Syllabification: Le‧na

Lena f

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Lena
2. a diminutive of the female given name Milena
3. a diminutive of the female given name Helena
4. Lena (a major river in Russia)

• Lena in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Lena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Lena m

1. Lena (a river in Siberia)

Short form of Magdalena and Helena. First recorded in Sweden in 1481.

Lena c (genitive Lenas)

1. a female given name

• 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.

• Elna, alen