Atena
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in England and Wales.
Atena by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Atena. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Atena
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Atena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alenabright, shining; form of Helen462 in the US (2017)
- Amenasafe; secure; a form of Amina44 in the US (2017)
- Adenaornament, adornment16 in the US (2017)
- Abenaborn on Tuesday7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ateneagoddess of wisdom; spanish form of athena7 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Atena
Names that are said the same way as Atena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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