Lena is a feminine given name, a short form of Helena (Ἑλενα), meaning 'torch' or 'shining light'. It may be a given name by itself or a diminutive of Helena and variants, such as Elena.
People with the given name
Lena (actress), Malayalam film actress Lena Ackebo (born 1950), Swedish comic creator Lena Adler (1941–2023), Swedish gymnast Lena Adomat (born 1964), Swedish gymnast Lena Åkesson (born 1967), Swedish boxer Lena Alexander (1899–1983), Scottish painter Lena Alhusseini, American activist Lena Amsel (1898–1929), German dancer and actress Lena Anderson (born 1939), Swedish children's book illustrator and author Lena Anderssen (born 1974), Faroese-Canadian singer-songwriter Lena Lovato Archuleta (1920–2011), American educator, school librarian and administrator Lena Arnoldt (born 1982), German politician Lena Clemmons Artz (1891–1976), American botanist Lena Ashwell (1872–1957), British actress Lena Asplund (born 1956), Swedish politician Lena Bäckelin (born 1964), Swedish politician Lena Baker (1900–1945), American convicted of murder Lena Bergman (born 1943), Swedish social services employee Lena Bergström (born 1961), Swedish textiles and glass designer Léna Bernstein (1906–1932), German aviator Lena Berntsson (born 1978), Swedish athlete Lena Beyerling (born 1995), German actress Lena Bickel (born 2004), Swiss artistic gymnast Lena Biolcati (born 1960), Italian singer Lena Blackbird (1933–2021), American Cherokee artist Lena Blomkvist (born 1990), Swedish football defender Lena Bogdanović (born 1974), Serbian actress Lena Borislavova (born 1989), Bulgarian politician and lawyer Lena Börjeson (1879–1976), Swedish sculptor, teacher Lena Braun (born 1961), German contemporary artist Lena Northern Buckner (1875–1939), American social worker Léna Bühler (born 1997), Swiss racing driver Lena Burke (born 1978), Cuban singer and actress Lena Carlzon-Lundbäck (born 1954), Swedish cross-country skier Léna Carrau (born 1997), French acrobatic gymnast Lena Chamamyan (born 1980), Syrian singer of Armenian origin Lena Christ (1881–1920), German writer Lena Christensen, Thai-Danish actress, television presenter and singer Lena Conradson (born 1948), Swedish singer Lena Constante (1909–2005), Romanian artist, essayist and memoirist Lena Cronqvist (1938–2025), Swedish painter and sculptor Lena Cruz, New Zealand actress Lena Cymbrowitz (1957–2000), American politician Lena Dąbkowska-Cichocka (born 1973), Polish politician Lena Degenhardt (born 1999), German handball player Lena Derriecott Bell King (1923–2024), member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Lena Diab (born 1965), Canadian politician Lena Doolin Mason (1864–1924), American Methodist preacher and poet Lena Dunham (born 1986), American filmmaker and actress Lena Düpont (born 1986), German politician Lena Dürr (born 1991), German alpine skier Lena Düsterhöft (born 1996), German ice hockey player Lena Frances Edwards (1900–1986), American doctor Lena Einhorn (born 1954), Swedish director, writer and physician Lena Ek (born 1958), Swedish politician Lena Eliasson (born 1981), Swedish orienteer and ski-orienteering competitor Lena Kristin Ellingsen (born 1980), Norwegian actress Lena Emilsson (born 1957), Swedish politician Lena Endesfelder (born 1992), German Wine Queen 2016 Lena Endre (born 1955), Swedish theatre, film and television actress Lena Erdil (born 1989), Turkish windsurfer Lena Eriksson (born 1972), Swedish breaststroke swimmer Lena Estrada, Colombian government official Lena Fayre, American singer-songwriter Lena Santos Ferguson (1928–2004), American secretary, clubwoman, and civil rights advocate Lena Fiagbe, British soul singer-songwriter Lena Forsén (born 1951), Swedish Playboy Playmate Lena Frerichs (born 2004), German field hockey player Lena Frier Kristiansen (born 1983), Danish badminton player Lena Jane Fry (1850–1938), Canadian-American writer Lena Fujii (born 1984), Japanese singer Lena Gabršček (born 1994), Slovenian volleyball player Lena Ganschow, German journalist and television moderator Lena Georgescu (born 1999), Swiss chess player Lena Gercke (born 1988), German model Lena Giudici (1898–1995), American lawyer Lena Glaz (born 1961), Israeli chess player Lena Goeßling (born 1986), German footballer Léna Goetsch (born 1999), French footballer Lena Göldi (born 1979), Swiss Olympic judoka Lena Gonzalez (born 1981), American politician Lena Göppel (born 2001), Liechtensteiner footballer Lena Góra (born 1990), Polish actress Lena Gorelik, German writer Lena Grabowski (born 2002), Austrian swimmer Léna Grandveau (born 2003), French handball player Lena Grebak (born 1991), Danish badminton player Lena Groeger, American journalist Lena Guerrero (1957–2008), American politician Lena Gumnior (born 1992), German politician Lena Gurr (1897–1992), American painter Lena Häcki (born 1995), Swiss biathlete Lena Hades (born 1959), Russian painter Lena Hallengren (born 1973), Swedish Social Democratic Party Lena Halliday (c. 1872–1937), English actress Lena Hallin (born 1961), Swedish Air Force major general Lena Tracy Hanks (1879–1944), American psychologist Lena T. Hansson (born 1955), Swedish actress Lena Hasselström (born 1972), Swedish ski-orienteering competitor Lena Culver Hawkins (1866–1949), American major and suffragette Lena Headey (born 1973), British actress Lena Henke, German artist Lena Hentschel (born 2001), German diver Lena Hill, American academic administrator Lena Himmelstein (1877–1951), American clothing designer and retailer Lena Hjelm-Wallén (born 1943), Swedish politician Lena Horne (1917–2010), American singer and actress Lena Isaksson, Swedish ski-orienteering competitor Lena Ivančok (born 2001), Austrian handballer Lena Terrell Jackson (1865–1943), American educator Lena Jedwab-Rozenberg (1924–2005), Polish-French Jewish writer Lena Jeger, Baroness Jeger (1915–2007), British politician Lena Jensen (born 1973), Norwegian politician (born 1980), Norwegian cross-country skier Lena Johansson (born 1969), Swedish politician Lena Jordan, Russian gymnast Léna Kandissounon (born 1998), French athlete Lena Kapp, German curler Lena Kaur, British actress Lena Kenin (1897–1968), American physician Lena Kennedy (1914–1986), English author Lena Khan, film director and writer Lena King Lee (1906–2006), American politician Lena Klenke (born 1995), German actress Lena Kolarska-Bobińska (born 1947), Polish sociologist, academic and politician Lena Kourkoutis (1979–2023), American physicist Lena Kovačević (born 1992), Serbian singer Lena Kreck (born 1981), German politician Lena Kreundl (born 1997), Austrian swimmer Lena Küchler-Silberman (1910–1987), Jewish World War II resistance Lena Lattwein (born 2000), German footballer Lena Lauzemis (born 1983), German actress Lena Levine (1903–1965), American physician Lena Liepe (born 1962), Swedish art historian Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (born 1955), Swedish politician Lena Litvak (born 1988), Ukrainian-born American tennis player Lena Lootens (born 1959), Belgian soprano Lena Lotzen (born 1993), German footballer Lena Lowis (1845–1919), British author and scientific illustrator Lena Lutz (born 2001), Swiss ice hockey player Lena Machado (1903–1974) Native Hawaiian singer, composer, and ukulele player Lena Malkus (born 1993), German long jumper Lena Marquise (born 1985), Russian interdisciplinary artist Lena Martell (born 1940), Scottish singer Lena Maryana (born 1962), Indonesian politician Lena B. Mathes (1861–1951), American educator, social reformer, and ordained minister Lena McEwan (1927–2011), Australian plastic surgeon Lena McLin (1928–2023), American composer Lena Mellin, Swedish journalist Lena Meyer-Landrut (born 1991), German singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 Lena Micheel (born 1998), German field hockey player Lena Micko (born 1955), Swedish politician Lena Miculek, American professional competitive shooter, firearms educator and product developer Lena Mihailovic (born 1996), Australian water polo player Léna Mill-Reuillard, Canadian cinematographer and photographer Lena Moi (1926–2004), First Lady of Kenya Lena Möller (born 1957), Swedish sprinter Lena Möllers (born 1990), German volleyball player Lena L. Moore (died 1969), American politician Lena Moreno, Spanish taekwondo practitioner Lena Morrow Lewis, American orator and politician Lena Beatrice Morton (c. 1901–1981), American educator and literary scholar Lena Mukhina (1924–1991), Russian diarist Lena Müller (born 1987), German rower Lena Nazaryan (born 1983), Armenian journalist and politician Lena Neudauer, German violinist Lena Neumann, German film editor Lena Niang (born 1996), Senegalese basketball player Lena Nilsson (born 1962), Swedish actress Lena Noreses (born 1994), Namibian footballer Lena Nyadbi (1936–2024), Australian artist Lena Nyman (1944–2011), Swedish actress Lena Nymark (born 1980), Norwegian jazz musician Lena Oberdorf (born 2001), German footballer Lena Olin (born 1955), Swedish actress Lena Ostermeier (born 1996), German association footballer Lena Papadakis (born 1998), German tennis player Lena Pappa (1932–2025), Greek poet Lena Pauels (born 1998), German footballer Lena Persson Herlitz (born 1967), Swedish Amphibious Corps officer Lena Petermann (born 1994), German footballer Lena Madesin Phillips (1881–1955), American lawyer and clubwoman Lena Piękniewska (born 1980), Polish singer Lena Platonos (born 1951), Greek musician, pianist, and composer Lena Plesiutschnig (born 1993), Austrian beach volleyball player Lena Prewitt (1931–2024), American academic Lena Prima, American jazz singer Lena Rådström Baastad (born 1974), Swedish politician Lena Raine (born 1984), American video game composer and producer Lena Rea, Irish badminton player Lena Charlotte Reißner (born 2000), German cyclist Lena Repinc (born 2003), Slovenian biathlete Lena Richard (1892 or 1893–1950), American cookbook author and restaurateur Lena Röhlings (born 2002), German canoeist Lena Rosenthal (1920–2007), birthname of American businesswoman Leona Helmsley Lena Sadick, lawn and indoor bowler Lena Samuelsson, Swedish ski-orienteering competitor Lena Sandin (born 1961), Swedish tennis player Lena Sandlin-Hedman (born 1969), Swedish politician Lena Saradnik (born 1947), American politician Lena Schilling (born 2001), Austrian climate activist Lena Schöneborn (born 1986), German modern pentathlete Lena L. Severance (1855–1942), American mathematician, author, world traveler and activist Lena Silano (born 2000), American soccer player Lena Sjöholm (born 1946), Swedish archer Lena Smedsaas (1951–2014), Swedish journalist and writer Lena O. Smith (1885–1966), American lawyer and civil rights advocate Lena B. Smithers Hughes (1905–1987), American botanist Lena Söderblom (born 1935), Swedish actress Lena Solli-Reimann (born 1969), Norwegian hurdler Lena Sommestad (born 1957), Swedish politician and economic historian Lena Spoof (born 1961), Finnish archaeologist and hurdler Lena Springs (1883–1942), American politician Lena Ruth Stefanovic, Montenegrin author and poet Lena Stigrot (born 1994), German volleyball player Lena Stöcklin (born 1990), German canoeist Lena Stojković (born 2002), Croatian taekwondo practitioner Lena Stolze (born 1956), German actress Lena Strömdahl (born 1947), Swedish actress Lena Sulkanen (born 1960), Swedish bowler Lena Sundström (born 1972), Swedish journalist and author Lena Swanson (born 1937), American politician and activist Lena Taylor (born 1966), American politician
Lena Teunissen (born 1997), Dutch canoeist Lena Townsend (1911–2004), British Conservative politician Lena Trent Gordon (1885–1935), American social worker, orator, government official and poet Lena Triendl (born 2000), Austrian footballer