Ciena

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Ciena by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Ciena. In the US, 7 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 27 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Ciena

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 Ciena. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Cianaancient; a form of Cian50 in the US (2017)
  • Cienna21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ciera22 in the US (2017)
  • Ciela8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Chanagrace or favor306 in the US (2017)
  • Ciaradark or black-haired240 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Ciena

Names that are said the same way as Ciena, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Siennareddish-brown earth; the city of Siena1,530 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Sienareddish-brown earth pigment; place name454 in the US (2017)
  • Siennahreddish-brown earth; variant spelling of Sienna7 in the US (2017)
  • Sianna16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Cianna65 in the US (2017)
  • Siana15 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Ciena

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